Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1746 - 328 pages |
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... Heaven the diftant fhore . Secure of endless blifs , with fearless eyes , He grafps the dagger , and its point defies , And rubes out of Life , to fnatch the glorious prixe . How would old Rome rejoice , to hear you tell How just ber ...
... Heaven the diftant fhore . Secure of endless blifs , with fearless eyes , He grafps the dagger , and its point defies , And rubes out of Life , to fnatch the glorious prixe . How would old Rome rejoice , to hear you tell How just ber ...
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... Heaven she shines . All Souls College , Oxon . DIGBY COTES . Left with the Printer by an unknown hand . N OW we may speak , fince Cato fpeaks no more ; " Tis praise at length , ' twas rapture all before ; When crowded theatres with lös ...
... Heaven she shines . All Souls College , Oxon . DIGBY COTES . Left with the Printer by an unknown hand . N OW we may speak , fince Cato fpeaks no more ; " Tis praise at length , ' twas rapture all before ; When crowded theatres with lös ...
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... eyes . Virtue confefs'd in human shape he draws , What Plato thought , and God - like Cato was : No common object to your fight difplays , But what with pleasure Heaven itself furveys ; A brave man fruggling in the forms of fate , [ 20 ]
... eyes . Virtue confefs'd in human shape he draws , What Plato thought , and God - like Cato was : No common object to your fight difplays , But what with pleasure Heaven itself furveys ; A brave man fruggling in the forms 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 ? PORTIU S. 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 ? PORTIU S. 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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... Heavens , fuch virtues , join'd with fuch fuccefs , Diftract my very foul : Our father's fortune Would almost tempt us to renounce his precepts . PORTIUS . Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of Heav'n are dark and ...
... Heavens , fuch virtues , join'd with fuch fuccefs , Diftract my very foul : Our father's fortune Would almost tempt us to renounce his precepts . PORTIUS . Remember what our father oft has told us : The ways of Heav'n are dark and ...
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ABIGA ABIGA L Abigal æther Afide againſt atque becauſe BUTLE BUTLER Cæfar Cafar caft Cato Cato's caufe cauſe COACHMAN Conjurer cou'd dear death DECIUS doft thou Drum Duke of Anjou faid fame FANTOM E Fantome father fecret fenfe fhall fhould firft firſt fome foon forrow foul fpeak friends ftand ftill ftory fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fure fword GARDINER Ghoft give grief hear heart Heav'n himſelf Ho--nour honour houſe JUBA LADY laft legs loft lov'd LUCIA LUCIU Madam mafter Marcia Marcus muft muſt myſelf Numidian paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure Portius Pr'ythee praiſe Pray prefent Prince queftion reaſon rife Roman Roman Senate Rome ſay SCENE SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhow Sir GEORGE Spanish monarchy ſpeak Syphax talk tell thee theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tinfel TINSE TINSE L VELLU virtue woman wou'd САТО