Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1746 - 328 pages |
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... tear . J. HUGHES . WHA HAT do we feel is Cato then become A greater name in Britain than in Rome ? Does mankind now admire his virtues more , Tho ' Lucan , Horace , Virgil wrote before ? How will Pofterity this truth explain ? " Cato ...
... tear . J. HUGHES . WHA HAT do we feel is Cato then become A greater name in Britain than in Rome ? Does mankind now admire his virtues more , Tho ' Lucan , Horace , Virgil wrote before ? How will Pofterity this truth explain ? " Cato ...
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... tears he faw . How fall I your unrival'd worth proclaim , Left in the spreading circle of your fame ! We faw you the great William's praise rehearse , And paint Britannia's joys in Roman verfe . We heard at diftance foft , enchanting ...
... tears he faw . How fall I your unrival'd worth proclaim , Left in the spreading circle of your fame ! We faw you the great William's praise rehearse , And paint Britannia's joys in Roman verfe . We heard at diftance foft , enchanting ...
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... bebold eyes how the ftream refines , " Till by degrees the floating mirrour shines ? not , While hurricanes in circling eddies play , Tear up the fands , and fweep whole plains away , W We fhrink with horror , and confefs our fear , [ 12 ]
... bebold eyes how the ftream refines , " Till by degrees the floating mirrour shines ? not , While hurricanes in circling eddies play , Tear up the fands , and fweep whole plains away , W We fhrink with horror , and confefs our fear , [ 12 ]
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... tears flow nobly , shed for all mankind . How do our fouls with gen'rous pleasure glow ! Our hearts exulting , while our eyes o'erflow , When thy firm Hero ftands beneath the weight Of all bis fufferings venerably great ; Rome's poor ...
... tears flow nobly , shed for all mankind . How do our fouls with gen'rous pleasure glow ! Our hearts exulting , while our eyes o'erflow , When thy firm Hero ftands beneath the weight Of all bis fufferings venerably great ; Rome's poor ...
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... tears . Yet with fuch wondrous art your skilful hand Does all the paffions of the foul command , That even my grief to praise and wonder turn'd , And envy'd the great death which firft I mourn'd . What pen but yours could draw the ...
... tears . Yet with fuch wondrous art your skilful hand Does all the paffions of the foul command , That even my grief to praise and wonder turn'd , And envy'd the great death which firft I mourn'd . What pen but yours could draw the ...
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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