Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, Volume 2Tonson, 1736 |
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... Gods themselves bas rais'd the Heroe's fame ; The Roman ftage did ne'er his image fee , Drawn at full length ; a task referv'd for thee . By thee we view the finish'd figure rife , And awful march before our ravish'd eyes ; We hear his ...
... Gods themselves bas rais'd the Heroe's fame ; The Roman ftage did ne'er his image fee , Drawn at full length ; a task referv'd for thee . By thee we view the finish'd figure rife , And awful march before our ravish'd eyes ; We hear his ...
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... Gods , I'm fatisfy'd . 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 ...
... Gods , I'm fatisfy'd . 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 ...
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... 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 . We trace each hint that could thy foul inspire With Virgil's judgment , and ...
... 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 . We trace each hint that could thy foul inspire With Virgil's judgment , and ...
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... god - like figure mov'd along , Alternate paffions fir'd th ' adoring throng ; Tears flow'd from every eye , and shouts from every tongue . So in thy pompous lines has Cato far'd , Grac'd with an ample , tho ' a late reward : A greater ...
... god - like figure mov'd along , Alternate paffions fir'd th ' adoring throng ; Tears flow'd from every eye , and shouts from every tongue . So in thy pompous lines has Cato far'd , Grac'd with an ample , tho ' a late reward : A greater ...
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... eyes . Virtue confeft in human shape he draws , What Plato thought , and God - like Cato was : No common object to your fight displays , But what with pleasure Heaven it self furveys ; A A brave man ftruggling in the storms of fate , [ 20 ]
... eyes . Virtue confeft in human shape he draws , What Plato thought , and God - like Cato was : No common object to your fight displays , But what with pleasure Heaven it self furveys ; A A brave man ftruggling in the storms of fate , [ 20 ]
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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