Miscellaneous works in verse and prose, Volume 2Tonson, 1736 |
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... Heaven the diftant fhore . Secure of endless bliss , with fearless eyes , He grafps the dagger , and its point defies , And rushes out of Life , to fnatch the glorious prize . How would old Rome rejoice , to hear you tell How juft her ...
... Heaven the diftant fhore . Secure of endless bliss , with fearless eyes , He grafps the dagger , and its point defies , And rushes out of Life , to fnatch the glorious prize . How would old Rome rejoice , to hear you tell How juft her ...
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... Heaven she shines . All Souls College , Oxon . DIGBY COTES . C + R + DIGS BARIDAD Left with the Printer by an unknown hand . Now we may speak , fince Cato speaks no more ; ' Tis praife at length , ' twas rapture all before ; When ...
... Heaven she shines . All Souls College , Oxon . DIGBY COTES . C + R + DIGS BARIDAD Left with the Printer by an unknown hand . Now we may speak , fince Cato speaks no more ; ' Tis praife at length , ' twas rapture all before ; When ...
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... 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 ]
... 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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... Heaven , Red with uncommon wrath , to blaft the man , Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS . Believe me , Marcus , ' tis an impious greatness , And mixt with too much horrour to be envy'd : How does the luftre of our ...
... Heaven , Red with uncommon wrath , to blaft the man , Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS . Believe me , Marcus , ' tis an impious greatness , And mixt with too much horrour to be envy'd : How does the luftre of our ...
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... Heaven's , fuch virtues , join'd with fuch fuccefs , Diftract my very foul : Our father's fortune Would almost tempt us to renounce his precepts . PORTIU S. Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of Heaven are dark and ...
... Heaven's , fuch virtues , join'd with fuch fuccefs , Diftract my very foul : Our father's fortune Would almost tempt us to renounce his precepts . PORTIU S. Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of Heaven are dark and ...
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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