The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... civil wars , he refolved to treat the fubject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no fhare in the work : but the force of custom , and the defign he had to induce the generality of readers to fall in love ...
... civil wars , he refolved to treat the fubject fairly and plainly , and that fable and invention were to have had no fhare in the work : but the force of custom , and the defign he had to induce the generality of readers to fall in love ...
Halaman 20
... civil wars of his country , and intermixt in it the ftory of the ghoft of the duke of Buckingham's father . In general , all the actions that Lucan relates in the courfe of his history are true ; nor is it any impeachment of his ...
... civil wars of his country , and intermixt in it the ftory of the ghoft of the duke of Buckingham's father . In general , all the actions that Lucan relates in the courfe of his history are true ; nor is it any impeachment of his ...
Halaman 21
... civil wars of Rome . If now and then he differs from them in leffer inci- dents or circumstances , let the critics in hiftory de- cide the question : for my part , I am willing to take them for anecdotes firft difcovered and published ...
... civil wars of Rome . If now and then he differs from them in leffer inci- dents or circumstances , let the critics in hiftory de- cide the question : for my part , I am willing to take them for anecdotes firft difcovered and published ...
Halaman 26
... civil war in general , or the battle of Pharfalia in particular , to know how many rivers there are in Theffaly , or which of its mountains lies East or Weft . But if these be faults in Lucan , they are fuch as will be found in the most ...
... civil war in general , or the battle of Pharfalia in particular , to know how many rivers there are in Theffaly , or which of its mountains lies East or Weft . But if these be faults in Lucan , they are fuch as will be found in the most ...
Halaman 28
... civil war . That prince was master of all Egypt ; and , marching to the conqueft of Phoenicia , Cyprus , and the other appendixes of that empire , Popilius overtakes him in his full march , with letters from the fenate , and refuses to ...
... civil war . That prince was master of all Egypt ; and , marching to the conqueft of Phoenicia , Cyprus , and the other appendixes of that empire , Popilius overtakes him in his full march , with letters from the fenate , and refuses to ...
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
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