Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... tear . J. HUGHES , WHAT do we fee ! is Cato then become A greater name in Britain than in Rome ? A Does mankind now admire his virtues more , Tho ' Lucan , Horace , Virgil wrote before ? How will Pofterity this truth explain ? " Cato ...
... tear . J. HUGHES , WHAT do we fee ! is Cato then become A greater name in Britain than in Rome ? A Does mankind now admire his virtues more , Tho ' Lucan , Horace , Virgil wrote before ? How will Pofterity this truth explain ? " Cato ...
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... tears he faw . How fhall 1 your unrival'd worth proclaim , Loft in the spreading circle of your fame ! We faw you the great William's praise rehearse , And paint Britannia's joys in Roman verse . We heard at diftance foft , inchanting ...
... tears he faw . How fhall 1 your unrival'd worth proclaim , Loft in the spreading circle of your fame ! We faw you the great William's praise rehearse , And paint Britannia's joys in Roman verse . We heard at diftance foft , inchanting ...
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... the ftream refines , ' Till by degrees the floating mirrour shines ? While burricanes in circling eddies play , Tear up the fands , and fweep whole plains away . We We forink with horror , and confefs our fear , [ 12 ]
... the ftream refines , ' Till by degrees the floating mirrour shines ? While burricanes in circling eddies play , Tear up the fands , and fweep whole plains away . We We forink with horror , and confefs our fear , [ 12 ]
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... tears flow nobly , fbed for all mankind . How do our fouls with gen'rous pleafure glow ! Our hearts exulting , while our eyes o'erflow , When thy firm Hero ftands beneath the weight Of all his fufferings venerably great ; Rome's poor ...
... tears flow nobly , fbed for all mankind . How do our fouls with gen'rous pleafure glow ! Our hearts exulting , while our eyes o'erflow , When thy firm Hero ftands beneath the weight Of all his fufferings venerably great ; Rome's poor ...
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... tears . Yet with fuch wondrous art your skilful hand Does all the paffions of the foul command , That even my grief to praise and wonder turn'd , And envy'd the great death which firft I mourn'd . What pen but yours could draw the ...
... tears . Yet with fuch wondrous art your skilful hand Does all the paffions of the foul command , That even my grief to praise and wonder turn'd , And envy'd the great death which firft I mourn'd . What pen but yours could draw the ...
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ABIGA ABIGA L Abigal æther Afide atque becauſe buſineſs BUTLER Cæfar Cafar caft Cato Cato's cauſe COACHMAN Conjurer cou'd dear death DECIUS doft thou Drum Duke of Anjou faid fame fancy FANTOM E Fantome father fecond fecret fervants fhall fhou'd firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak friends ftand ftill ftories fuch fuffer fure GARDINER Ghoft give good-natur'd hear heart Heav'n himſelf Ho--nour honour houfe houſe huſband JUBA juft LADY laft laſt loft lov'd LUCIA LUCIUS Madam mafter Marcia Marcus moſt muft muſt myſelf Numidian paffion perfon pleaſure Portius Pr'ythee praiſe Pray prefent Prince reaſon rife rifu Roman Rome ſay SCENE SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe Sir GEORGE ſpeak Steward ſtill ſuch Syphax talk tell thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tinfel TINSE TINSE L uſe VELLU virtue Widow wiſh woman wou'd САТО