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... those of geography and aftronomy ; but finding Mr. Rowe has taken fome notice of them in his notes , I fhall fay nothing of them . Lucan had nei- ther time nor opportunity to visit the scenes where the actions he defcribes were done ...
... those of geography and aftronomy ; but finding Mr. Rowe has taken fome notice of them in his notes , I fhall fay nothing of them . Lucan had nei- ther time nor opportunity to visit the scenes where the actions he defcribes were done ...
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... Those reckoned up in Gaul were only the places where Cæfar's troops had been quartered , and Lucan might with as great propriety have nien- tioned the different routes by which they marched , as tioned ROWE'S LUCAN . 25 other hiftorians ...
... Those reckoned up in Gaul were only the places where Cæfar's troops had been quartered , and Lucan might with as great propriety have nien- tioned the different routes by which they marched , as tioned ROWE'S LUCAN . 25 other hiftorians ...
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... those raptures of praife he beftows upon him . Add to this , the artful descriptions of the various poisons with which these deserts abounded , and their different effects upon human bodies , than which nothing can be more moving or ...
... those raptures of praife he beftows upon him . Add to this , the artful descriptions of the various poisons with which these deserts abounded , and their different effects upon human bodies , than which nothing can be more moving or ...
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... those which Virgil has given us of his deities : The latter has clothed his 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 ...
... those which Virgil has given us of his deities : The latter has clothed his 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 ...
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... those transactions . But as for enterprizes and battles , you imagine them not related , but acted : towns alarmed , armies engaged , the eagerness and terror of the feveral foldiers , feem prefent to your view . As our author is ...
... those transactions . But as for enterprizes and battles , you imagine them not related , but acted : towns alarmed , armies engaged , the eagerness and terror of the feveral foldiers , feem prefent to your view . As our author is ...
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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