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... gods with human infirmities , to adapt them to the capacity of men : The other has raised his heroes fo , as to bring them into competition with the gods themselves . In a word , the the gods are not fo valuable in Virgil , as 36 PREFACE ...
... gods with human infirmities , to adapt them to the capacity of men : The other has raised his heroes fo , as to bring them into competition with the gods themselves . In a word , the the gods are not fo valuable in Virgil , as 36 PREFACE ...
Page 37
Samuel Johnson. the gods are not fo valuable in Virgil , as the heroes In Lucan , the heroes equal the gods . After all , it maft be allowed , that most things throughout the whole Pharfalia are greatly and justly said , with re- gard ...
Samuel Johnson. the gods are not fo valuable in Virgil , as the heroes In Lucan , the heroes equal the gods . After all , it maft be allowed , that most things throughout the whole Pharfalia are greatly and justly said , with re- gard ...
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... gods ; and then ends this Book with the infpiration and prophecy of a Roman matron , in which the enumerates the principal events which were to happen in the courfe of the Civil War . EM MATHIAN plains with flaughter cover'd o'er , And ...
... gods ; and then ends this Book with the infpiration and prophecy of a Roman matron , in which the enumerates the principal events which were to happen in the courfe of the Civil War . EM MATHIAN plains with flaughter cover'd o'er , And ...
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... gods , And earth must pay for their divine abodes ; If heaven could not the thunderer obtain , Till giants wars made room for Jove to reign , Tis juft , ye gods , nor ought we to complain : Oppreft with death though dire Pharfalia groan ...
... gods , And earth must pay for their divine abodes ; If heaven could not the thunderer obtain , Till giants wars made room for Jove to reign , Tis juft , ye gods , nor ought we to complain : Oppreft with death though dire Pharfalia groan ...
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... gods and nature fhall approve thy choice . But , oh ! whatever be thy godhead great , Fix not in regions too remote ... god : O'er the mid orb more equal shalt thou rise , And with a jufter balance fix the skies . Serene for ever be that ...
... gods and nature fhall approve thy choice . But , oh ! whatever be thy godhead great , Fix not in regions too remote ... god : O'er the mid orb more equal shalt thou rise , And with a jufter balance fix the skies . Serene for ever be that ...
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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