Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Virtue , Eternity , Juftice , Moderation , Hap- pinefs , and in fhort a whole creation of the like imaginary fubftances . To thefe you may add the Genies of nations , provinces , cities , high - ways , and the like Allegorical Beings ...
... Virtue , Eternity , Juftice , Moderation , Hap- pinefs , and in fhort a whole creation of the like imaginary fubftances . To thefe you may add the Genies of nations , provinces , cities , high - ways , and the like Allegorical Beings ...
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... virtue is more active than Gratitude . May not we here fay with Lucretius ? Qua bene & eximie quanquam difpofta ferantur , Sunt longè tamen à verâ ratione repulfa . It is an eafy thing , fays Eugenius , to find out defigns that never ...
... virtue is more active than Gratitude . May not we here fay with Lucretius ? Qua bene & eximie quanquam difpofta ferantur , Sunt longè tamen à verâ ratione repulfa . It is an eafy thing , fays Eugenius , to find out defigns that never ...
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... virtues , and the like imaginary perfons , but all the heathen Divinities appear generally in the fame Drefs among the Poets that they wear in Medals . I must confefs , I believe both the one and the other took the Mode from the ancient ...
... virtues , and the like imaginary perfons , but all the heathen Divinities appear generally in the fame Drefs among the Poets that they wear in Medals . I must confefs , I believe both the one and the other took the Mode from the ancient ...
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... virtue may be , but methinks they are a little fantastical in their drefs . You will find , fays Philander , there is good fenfe in it . They have not a fingle ornament that they cannot give a reason for . I was going to ask fou , fays ...
... virtue may be , but methinks they are a little fantastical in their drefs . You will find , fays Philander , there is good fenfe in it . They have not a fingle ornament that they cannot give a reason for . I was going to ask fou , fays ...
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... Virtue herself , and agrees very well with the description we find of her in Silius Italicus . First Series . FIGURE 1 . Virtutis difpar habitus , frons hirta , nec unquam Compofita mutata coma , ftans vultus , et ore Inceffuque viro ...
... Virtue herself , and agrees very well with the description we find of her in Silius Italicus . First Series . FIGURE 1 . Virtutis difpar habitus , frons hirta , nec unquam Compofita mutata coma , ftans vultus , et ore Inceffuque viro ...
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againſt ancient Antoninus Pius Apoftles Author becauſe Befides Chrift Chriftianity Claud Claudian Commodus confefs confiderable converfation Creech defcription defign Difciples difcourfe Domitian Dryden Emperor enemy Evangelifts faid fame fancy fays Cynthio fays Eugenius fays Philander fecond fecure feem feen fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fide figure fince firft fome fometimes fpeak France French ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufferings fuppofe greateſt hand hath heathen himſelf Infcription inftance Irenæus itſelf King laft learned lived loft Medallifts moft moſt muft muſt obferve occafion old Coins Ovid paffage pafs Pagan peace perfons Philofophers pleaſe Poets pofterity prefent preferved profe publiſhed raiſed reafon religion reprefented rife Roman Rome S. C. Reverſe Saviour Saviour's hiftory ſeveral Silius Italicus Spanish monarchy Statius Tertullian thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Trajan Tranflated uſe Vefte verfe Virg Virgil whofe