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Sad institution ! which austerely draws The female heart from nature's genial laws
; Strangles heaven's bounty , and converts to woe 165 Theplenteous source
whence joy and life should flow : As if the tree , whose pregnant boughs might
yield ...
Sad institution ! which austerely draws The female heart from nature's genial laws
; Strangles heaven's bounty , and converts to woe 165 Theplenteous source
whence joy and life should flow : As if the tree , whose pregnant boughs might
yield ...
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It is reasonable to suppose that the power of life and death given by the Roman
laws to parents over their children , might , in some degree , have weakened the
ties of natural affection , and substituted in their place ideas of severity , which led
...
It is reasonable to suppose that the power of life and death given by the Roman
laws to parents over their children , might , in some degree , have weakened the
ties of natural affection , and substituted in their place ideas of severity , which led
...
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ROMAN LAWS . GLADIATOR S. Rome's wars or treaties with each petty state
Were dull to read , and tedious to relate ; But as the wily fowler with his nets ,
Brood after brood , the feathery game besets , 350 Or as th'encroaching gradual
tide ...
ROMAN LAWS . GLADIATOR S. Rome's wars or treaties with each petty state
Were dull to read , and tedious to relate ; But as the wily fowler with his nets ,
Brood after brood , the feathery game besets , 350 Or as th'encroaching gradual
tide ...
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By the same power he abrogated all former laws , the existence of which he
found to be inconsistent with his tyranny ; he made at his pleasure new laws ,
without suffering them to be disputed , or even canvas by the people ; he gave
away to ...
By the same power he abrogated all former laws , the existence of which he
found to be inconsistent with his tyranny ; he made at his pleasure new laws ,
without suffering them to be disputed , or even canvas by the people ; he gave
away to ...
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1661 In seasons rank with every mortal vice , ( Pride , lust , ambition , fraud , and
avarice , Himself unstain'd , he wonder'd to behold A venal people bartering truth
for gold ; 1665 And talk'd of rigorous laws , and pristine days ; Fond themes of ...
1661 In seasons rank with every mortal vice , ( Pride , lust , ambition , fraud , and
avarice , Himself unstain'd , he wonder'd to behold A venal people bartering truth
for gold ; 1665 And talk'd of rigorous laws , and pristine days ; Fond themes of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admirable ancient appear arms Augustus beautiful better blood bold breast Cæsar called Cato cause character Cicero considered constitution crimes danger death Dion effect equal excellent eyes fame fear feel fierce foes France genius give grace hand head heart honour human interest Italy Julius kind king known late laws less liberty live Lord lost mankind manners means mind nature never o'er object observation once passions perhaps person plain poet Pompey present pride produce proud publick rage reason respect rest rich rise ROBERT JEPHSON Roman Rome Rome's round says secure seems senate sense shews soft soul spirit Suet suffer sword Sylla tears thought true Tully turn tyrant verse Virgil virtue whole wise writers youth και
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Página 136 - Bene et composite C. Caesar paulo ante in hoc ordine de vita et morte disseruit, credo, falsa existumans quae de inferis memorantur, divorso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidulosa habere. Itaque censuit pecunias eorum publicandas, ipsos per municipia in custodiis habendos...
Página 257 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Página xxiv - For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if I had been with all the Princes in Europe.
Página vii - They are such as render negotiation useless, and must entirely deprive of stability any peace which could be concluded in such circumstances. Where is our security for the performance of a treaty where we have neither the good faith of a nation, nor the responsibility of a monarch ? The moment that the mob of Paris becomes under the influence of a new leader, mature deliberations are reversed, the most solemn engagements are retracted, our free will is altogether controlled by force.
Página x - The country be shut up, lured by the scent, On church-yards drear (inhuman to relate!) The disappointed prowlers fall, and dig The shrouded body from the grave; o'er which, Mix'd with foul shades, and frighted ghosts, they howl.
Página 129 - Caesar cedere, aitque eum elegantem, splendidam quoque atque etiam magnificam et generosam quodam modo rationem dicendi tenere ; et ad Cornelium Nepotem 2 de eodem ita scripsit : " Quid ? oratorem quem huic antepones eorum, qui nihil aliud egerunt ? Quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior ? Quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior?
Página vi - What could be the effect of any negociation for peace in the present moment ? It is not merely to the character of Marat, with whom we would have to treat, that I object; it is not to the horror of those crimes which have stained their legislators, crimes in every stage rising above another in point of enormity ; but I object to the consequences of that character, to the effect of those crimes.
Página 168 - Triumviratum rei p. constituendae per decem annos administravit ; in quo restitit quidem aliquamdiu collegis ne qua fieret proscriptio, sed inceptam utroque acerbius exercuit. Namque illis in multorum saepe personam per gratiam et preces exorabilibus solus magno opere contendit ne cui parceretur, proscripsitque etiam C. Toranium tutorem suum, eundem collegam patris sui Octavi in...
Página 130 - Phoenissis habebat, quos dicam, ut potero ; incondite fortasse, sed tamen, ut res possit intelligi : " Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia Violandum est : aliis rebus pietatem colas.
Página 23 - ... primum ultimumque illud supplicium apud Romanos exempli parum memoris legum humanarum fuit, in aliis gloriari licet, nulli gentium mitiores placuisse poenas.
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| Título | Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, Esq Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, Esq, Robert Jephson |
| Autor | Robert Jephson |
| Editor | Henry Baldwin, 1794 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 4 Dic. 2007 |
| Largo | 275 páginas |
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