The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... victory and happi- " nefs , with the greatest facility , and in the highest de- 66 gree poffible : In this manner he ordered through " the entire circle of being , the internal conftitution " of every mind , where fhould be its ftation ...
... victory and happi- " nefs , with the greatest facility , and in the highest de- 66 gree poffible : In this manner he ordered through " the entire circle of being , the internal conftitution " of every mind , where fhould be its ftation ...
Page 321
... victory of Salamis , ' over the Perfian navy . 1. 16. Xerxes faw . ] This circumstance is recorded in that paffage , perhaps the most splendid among all the remains of ancient hiftory , where Plutarch , in his " Life of Themistocles ...
... victory of Salamis , ' over the Perfian navy . 1. 16. Xerxes faw . ] This circumstance is recorded in that paffage , perhaps the most splendid among all the remains of ancient hiftory , where Plutarch , in his " Life of Themistocles ...
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... victory ; XIV . A dauntlefs nation , that from Trojan fires , " Hoftile Aufonia , to thy deftin'd shore Her gods , her infant fons , and aged fires , 66 Through angry feas and adverse tempests bore : XV . " As XV . As on high Algidus ...
... victory ; XIV . A dauntlefs nation , that from Trojan fires , " Hoftile Aufonia , to thy deftin'd shore Her gods , her infant fons , and aged fires , 66 Through angry feas and adverse tempests bore : XV . " As XV . As on high Algidus ...
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... victory the joyful fame " Shall from my camp to haughty Carthage fly ; Loft , loft , are all the glories of her name ! " With Afdrubal her hopes and fortune die ! XIX . " What shall the Claudian valour not perform , " Which Power Divine ...
... victory the joyful fame " Shall from my camp to haughty Carthage fly ; Loft , loft , are all the glories of her name ! " With Afdrubal her hopes and fortune die ! XIX . " What shall the Claudian valour not perform , " Which Power Divine ...
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... victory which gave occafion to the Ode had made him . For thefe reafons , the Poet , in order to give his poem its due extent , was obliged to have recourfe to other circumftances , arifing either from the family or country of the ...
... victory which gave occafion to the Ode had made him . For thefe reafons , the Poet , in order to give his poem its due extent , was obliged to have recourfe to other circumftances , arifing either from the family or country of the ...
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