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... death left the Pharfalia ; the design itself being probably but half finished , and what was writ of it , but flightly , if at all , revised . We are told , it is true , he either corrected the three first books him- felf , or his wife ...
... death left the Pharfalia ; the design itself being probably but half finished , and what was writ of it , but flightly , if at all , revised . We are told , it is true , he either corrected the three first books him- felf , or his wife ...
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... death though dire Pharfalia groan , Though Latian blood the Punic ghofts atone ; Though Pompey's hapless fons renew the war , And Munda view the flaughter'd heaps from far ; Though meagre famine in Perufia reign , Though Mutina with ...
... death though dire Pharfalia groan , Though Latian blood the Punic ghofts atone ; Though Pompey's hapless fons renew the war , And Munda view the flaughter'd heaps from far ; Though meagre famine in Perufia reign , Though Mutina with ...
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... - love were torn , Forgotten all , and bury'd in her urn . Oh ! if her death had haply been delay'd , How might the daughter and the wife perfuade ! 205 219 215 Like Like the fam'd Sabine dames fhe had been feen To ROWE'S POEM &
... - love were torn , Forgotten all , and bury'd in her urn . Oh ! if her death had haply been delay'd , How might the daughter and the wife perfuade ! 205 219 215 Like Like the fam'd Sabine dames fhe had been feen To ROWE'S POEM &
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... deaths the finking ftate confound . The Curii's and Camilli's little field , 320 To vaft extended territories yield ; And foreign tenants reap the harvest now , Where once the great Dictator held the plow . Rome , ever fond of war , was ...
... deaths the finking ftate confound . The Curii's and Camilli's little field , 320 To vaft extended territories yield ; And foreign tenants reap the harvest now , Where once the great Dictator held the plow . Rome , ever fond of war , was ...
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... death unthrifty , careless to repay , And ufury still watching for its day : Hence perjuries in every wrangling court ; And war , the needy bankrupt's last resort . 340 345 350 355 Now Cæfar , marching fwift with winged haste , The ...
... death unthrifty , careless to repay , And ufury still watching for its day : Hence perjuries in every wrangling court ; And war , the needy bankrupt's last resort . 340 345 350 355 Now Cæfar , marching fwift with winged haste , The ...
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Æneid againſt amidſt arms Behold beneath blood bold breaſt Cæfar camp caufe cauſe chief cloſe command courſe croud Dæmon death diftant dreadful earth ev'n facred fafe faid fame fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhore fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt fkies flain flames flaughter fled flood foldier fome foon forfook fortune foul ftand ftill ftream ftrong fuccefs fuch fure fwelling fword Gaul gods hafte hand head heaven himſelf hoftile horrid impious labours laft laſt Latian lefs length loft looſe Lucan mighty moſt Nero numbers o'er paffage paſt peace Pharfalia Phocis plain Pompey Pompey's purpoſe rage reft rife rofe Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood Sulpitius Verulanus ſupplies ſwift taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand trembling vaft vanquish'd Virgil whofe winds yield