Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, Volume 2Tonson, 1736 |
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... See ! how your lays the British youth inflame ! They long to shoot , and ripen into fame ; Applauding theatres difturb their reft , And unborn Cato's heave in every breast ; Their nightly dreams their daily thoughts repeat , And pulfes ...
... See ! how your lays the British youth inflame ! They long to shoot , and ripen into fame ; Applauding theatres difturb their reft , And unborn Cato's heave in every breast ; Their nightly dreams their daily thoughts repeat , And pulfes ...
Page 15
... see , And fondly triumphs in a fon like thee . The fenates , confuls , and the gods of Rome , Like old acquaintance at their native home , In thee we find : each deed , each word expreft , And every thought that fwell'd a Roman breast ...
... see , And fondly triumphs in a fon like thee . The fenates , confuls , and the gods of Rome , Like old acquaintance at their native home , In thee we find : each deed , each word expreft , And every thought that fwell'd a Roman breast ...
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... see the wonders of thy race , The more I'm charm'd . Thou must take heed , my Portius ! The world has all its eyes on Cato's fon . Thy father's merit fets thee up to view , And shows thee in the faireft point of light , To make thy ...
... see the wonders of thy race , The more I'm charm'd . Thou must take heed , my Portius ! The world has all its eyes on Cato's fon . Thy father's merit fets thee up to view , And shows thee in the faireft point of light , To make thy ...
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... see that our affairs Are grown thus defperate . We have bulwarks round us ; Within our walls are troops enur'd to toil In Africk's heats , and feafon'd to the fun ; Numidia's fpacious kingdom lies behind us , Ready to rife at its young ...
... see that our affairs Are grown thus defperate . We have bulwarks round us ; Within our walls are troops enur'd to toil In Africk's heats , and feafon'd to the fun ; Numidia's fpacious kingdom lies behind us , Ready to rife at its young ...
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... see him black With murther , treafon , facrilege , and crimes That strike my foul with horror but to name ' em . I know thou look'ft on me , as on a wretch Befet with ills , and cover'd with misfortunes ; But , by the Gods I fwear ...
... see him black With murther , treafon , facrilege , and crimes That strike my foul with horror but to name ' em . I know thou look'ft on me , as on a wretch Befet with ills , and cover'd with misfortunes ; But , by the Gods I fwear ...
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ABIGA ABIGA L Abigal æther Afide againſt Alcibiades atque buſineſs BUTLER Cæfar Cafar Cato Cato's cauſe COACH COACHMAN Conjurer cou'd dear death Decius doft thou Drum Duke of Anjou faid fame Fantome father fecond fecret felf fhall fhould fince firft firſt fome foon forrow foul fpeak friends ftand ftill fuccefs fuch fuffer fure fword GARDINER Ghoft give good-natur'd grief hear heart Heaven himſelf Ho--nour honour houfe houſe JUBA LADY laft laſt legs loft lov'd LUCIA LUCIU Madam mafter Marcia Marcus moſt muft muſt Numidian o'er paffion perfon pleaſure Portius Pr'ythee Pray Prince raiſe reaſon rife Roman Roman Senate Rome SCENE ſee ſelf SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe Sir GEORGE ſpeak SYPHA SYPHA X talk tell thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tinfel TINSE TINSE L VELLU virtue woman wou'd САТО