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Great was his name in arms , but envious fate 1365 Oppos'd him to a rival still
more great , More wise , more young , more bold , and fortunate.5 BATTLE * Nec
coïere pares ; alter vergentibus annis In senium , longoque togæ tranquillior usu
...
Great was his name in arms , but envious fate 1365 Oppos'd him to a rival still
more great , More wise , more young , more bold , and fortunate.5 BATTLE * Nec
coïere pares ; alter vergentibus annis In senium , longoque togæ tranquillior usu
...
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His insolence , if a bold spirit of enterprize attended with constant success can
properly be called so , appears but little in his writings , and in the accounts we
have of his discourse . A great poet may put what words he pleases into the
mouth of ...
His insolence , if a bold spirit of enterprize attended with constant success can
properly be called so , appears but little in his writings , and in the accounts we
have of his discourse . A great poet may put what words he pleases into the
mouth of ...
Page 138
Beyond the Alps he ran his bold career ; Rome was for him too small a theatre :
Satiate of her inglorious brawls , he hies 1770 To distant scenes of hardy
enterprize . But first , by bribes , by all that art could move , He reign'd unrivall'd in
the ...
Beyond the Alps he ran his bold career ; Rome was for him too small a theatre :
Satiate of her inglorious brawls , he hies 1770 To distant scenes of hardy
enterprize . But first , by bribes , by all that art could move , He reign'd unrivall'd in
the ...
Page 162
Lavish of hours , of character , and gold , But warlike , hardy , and in dangers bold
; His mind was suited to the boist'rous times , A soldier's virtues , and a tyrant's
crimes . ' OCTAVIA . him only as the grateful and affectionate friend of his ...
Lavish of hours , of character , and gold , But warlike , hardy , and in dangers bold
; His mind was suited to the boist'rous times , A soldier's virtues , and a tyrant's
crimes . ' OCTAVIA . him only as the grateful and affectionate friend of his ...
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2875 First from his eyry near tame Avon's side , His wing our intellectual eagle
tried ; 2869 Unmark'd the tow'ring flight by vulgar eyes ,But keen Southampton
saw it cleave the skies ; Bade him soar on , with trackless pinions bold , And imp'
d ...
2875 First from his eyry near tame Avon's side , His wing our intellectual eagle
tried ; 2869 Unmark'd the tow'ring flight by vulgar eyes ,But keen Southampton
saw it cleave the skies ; Bade him soar on , with trackless pinions bold , And imp'
d ...
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Page 136 - Bene et composite C. Caesar paulo ante in hoc ordine de vita et morte disseruit, credo, falsa existumans quae de inferis memorantur, divorso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidulosa habere. Itaque censuit pecunias eorum publicandas, ipsos per municipia in custodiis habendos...
Page 257 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page xxiv - For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if I had been with all the Princes in Europe.
Page vii - They are such as render negotiation useless, and must entirely deprive of stability any peace which could be concluded in such circumstances. Where is our security for the performance of a treaty where we have neither the good faith of a nation, nor the responsibility of a monarch ? The moment that the mob of Paris becomes under the influence of a new leader, mature deliberations are reversed, the most solemn engagements are retracted, our free will is altogether controlled by force.
Page x - The country be shut up, lured by the scent, On church-yards drear (inhuman to relate!) The disappointed prowlers fall, and dig The shrouded body from the grave; o'er which, Mix'd with foul shades, and frighted ghosts, they howl.
Page 129 - Caesar cedere, aitque eum elegantem, splendidam quoque atque etiam magnificam et generosam quodam modo rationem dicendi tenere ; et ad Cornelium Nepotem 2 de eodem ita scripsit : " Quid ? oratorem quem huic antepones eorum, qui nihil aliud egerunt ? Quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior ? Quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior?
Page vi - What could be the effect of any negociation for peace in the present moment ? It is not merely to the character of Marat, with whom we would have to treat, that I object; it is not to the horror of those crimes which have stained their legislators, crimes in every stage rising above another in point of enormity ; but I object to the consequences of that character, to the effect of those crimes.
Page 168 - Triumviratum rei p. constituendae per decem annos administravit ; in quo restitit quidem aliquamdiu collegis ne qua fieret proscriptio, sed inceptam utroque acerbius exercuit. Namque illis in multorum saepe personam per gratiam et preces exorabilibus solus magno opere contendit ne cui parceretur, proscripsitque etiam C. Toranium tutorem suum, eundem collegam patris sui Octavi in...
Page 130 - Phoenissis habebat, quos dicam, ut potero ; incondite fortasse, sed tamen, ut res possit intelligi : " Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia Violandum est : aliis rebus pietatem colas.
Page 23 - ... primum ultimumque illud supplicium apud Romanos exempli parum memoris legum humanarum fuit, in aliis gloriari licet, nulli gentium mitiores placuisse poenas.
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| Title | Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, Esq Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, Esq, Robert Jephson |
| Author | Robert Jephson |
| Publisher | Henry Baldwin, 1794 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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