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... a phi- lofopher . It must have been in this ftage of Nero's life , that Lucan has offered up to him that poetical incense we find in the First Book of the Pharfalia : for it ; it is not to be imagined , that a PREFACE TO.
... a phi- lofopher . It must have been in this ftage of Nero's life , that Lucan has offered up to him that poetical incense we find in the First Book of the Pharfalia : for it ; it is not to be imagined , that a PREFACE TO.
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... first of which posts he exhibited to the people of Rome a show of gladiators at a vast expence . It was in this fun - fhine of life Lucan married Polla Argentaria , the daughter of Pollius Argentarius , a Roman Senator ; a lady of noble ...
... first of which posts he exhibited to the people of Rome a show of gladiators at a vast expence . It was in this fun - fhine of life Lucan married Polla Argentaria , the daughter of Pollius Argentarius , a Roman Senator ; a lady of noble ...
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... first of the confpira- tors . They were condemned to die , and Lucan had the choice of the manner of his death . Upon this occafion fome authors have taxed him with an action , which , if true , had been an eternal ftain upon his name ...
... first of the confpira- tors . They were condemned to die , and Lucan had the choice of the manner of his death . Upon this occafion fome authors have taxed him with an action , which , if true , had been an eternal ftain upon his name ...
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... first " atoms of matter , both of them fhall give place to " thee without the leaft envy , and even the divine neid fhall pay thee a juft refpect . " Thus far Statius concerning Lucan's work ; and even Lucan in two places of the ...
... first " atoms of matter , both of them fhall give place to " thee without the leaft envy , and even the divine neid fhall pay thee a juft refpect . " Thus far Statius concerning Lucan's work ; and even Lucan in two places of the ...
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... first defign of writing this poem of the 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 ...
... first defign of writing this poem of the 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 ...
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