The Works of the British Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert Anderson, Volumen12John & Arthur Arch, 1795 |
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... faid of Virgil , or any great author , whofe general cha- racter will infallibly raise many cafual additions to their reputation . This is the method of Monf . de la Motte ; who yet confeffes upon the whole , that in whatever age Homer ...
... faid of Virgil , or any great author , whofe general cha- racter will infallibly raise many cafual additions to their reputation . This is the method of Monf . de la Motte ; who yet confeffes upon the whole , that in whatever age Homer ...
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... faid , and cowering as the daftard bends , The weighty fceptre on his back defcends : On the round bunch the bloody tumors rife ; The tears spring ftarting from his haggard eyes : Trembling he fat , and , ihrunk in abject fears , From ...
... faid , and cowering as the daftard bends , The weighty fceptre on his back defcends : On the round bunch the bloody tumors rife ; The tears spring ftarting from his haggard eyes : Trembling he fat , and , ihrunk in abject fears , From ...
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... faid : Take back th ' unjuft reproach ! Behold , we ftand Sheath'd in bright arms , and but expect command . If glorious deeds afford thy foul delight , Behold ' me plunging in the thickest fight . Then give thy warrior - chief a ...
... faid : Take back th ' unjuft reproach ! Behold , we ftand Sheath'd in bright arms , and but expect command . If glorious deeds afford thy foul delight , Behold ' me plunging in the thickest fight . Then give thy warrior - chief a ...
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... faid : both javelins at an inftant flew ; Both ftruck , both wounded ; but Sarpedon's flew : Full in the boafter's neck the weapon stood . Bransfix'd his throat , and drank the vital blood ; The foul difdainful feeks the caves of night ...
... faid : both javelins at an inftant flew ; Both ftruck , both wounded ; but Sarpedon's flew : Full in the boafter's neck the weapon stood . Bransfix'd his throat , and drank the vital blood ; The foul difdainful feeks the caves of night ...
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... faid : Go ! and the great Minerva be thy aid . To tame the monfter - god Minerva knows , And oft afflicts his brutal breaft with woes . He faid ; Saturnia ardent to obey , Lath'd her white fteeds along th ' aërial way . Swift down the ...
... faid : Go ! and the great Minerva be thy aid . To tame the monfter - god Minerva knows , And oft afflicts his brutal breaft with woes . He faid ; Saturnia ardent to obey , Lath'd her white fteeds along th ' aërial way . Swift down the ...
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