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Page 32
... and of rewards and punishments after this life . All these are touched with the niceft delicacy of expreffion and thought , efpecially that about the uni . verfal 1 I t er of of rfal verfal Conflagration ; 132 PREFACE TO.
... and of rewards and punishments after this life . All these are touched with the niceft delicacy of expreffion and thought , efpecially that about the uni . verfal 1 I t er of of rfal verfal Conflagration ; 132 PREFACE TO.
Page 34
... thoughts of the gods , which pure un- " debauched reafon and a true elevated knowledge " can give us of them ; every thing here , fays St. " Evremont , is poetical , every thing is confonant " to truth and reason . It is not poetical ...
... thoughts of the gods , which pure un- " debauched reafon and a true elevated knowledge " can give us of them ; every thing here , fays St. " Evremont , is poetical , every thing is confonant " to truth and reason . It is not poetical ...
Page 36
... thought , Pompey , Cæfar , Cato , and Labienus , fhine much more in Lucan , than Jupiter , Mercury , Juno , or Venus , do in Virgil . The ideas which Lucan has given us of these great men are truly greater , and affect us more fenfibly ...
... thought , Pompey , Cæfar , Cato , and Labienus , fhine much more in Lucan , than Jupiter , Mercury , Juno , or Venus , do in Virgil . The ideas which Lucan has given us of these great men are truly greater , and affect us more fenfibly ...
Page 37
... thought that Lucan justly excels this is his forte , and what raifes him up to an equality with the greatest of the ancient Poets . I cannot omit here the delicate character of Lucan's genius , as mentioned by Strada , in the emblematic ...
... thought that Lucan justly excels this is his forte , and what raifes him up to an equality with the greatest of the ancient Poets . I cannot omit here the delicate character of Lucan's genius , as mentioned by Strada , in the emblematic ...
Page 51
... thoughts the meaner vulgar fir'd . Thofe fatal feeds luxurious vices fow , 4295 300 Which ever lay a mighty people low . To Rome the vanquish'd earth her tribute paid , And deadly treasures to her view display'd : Then truth and fimple ...
... thoughts the meaner vulgar fir'd . Thofe fatal feeds luxurious vices fow , 4295 300 Which ever lay a mighty people low . To Rome the vanquish'd earth her tribute paid , And deadly treasures to her view display'd : Then truth and fimple ...
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