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... Italy . I should not wish to see such a work brought lower than the accession of the House of Hanover ; because , though I think that auspicious event established the felicity and freedom of Great Britain , and that her ascendency never ...
... Italy . I should not wish to see such a work brought lower than the accession of the House of Hanover ; because , though I think that auspicious event established the felicity and freedom of Great Britain , and that her ascendency never ...
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... Italy lay ftretch'd ; 470 Carthage unrivall'd had usurp'd the main , And Eastern Kings enjoy'd their gorgeous reign ; The German in his wilds untam'd had stray'd , Nor Britain tribute to bold Julius paid : But imp'd by this , her ...
... Italy lay ftretch'd ; 470 Carthage unrivall'd had usurp'd the main , And Eastern Kings enjoy'd their gorgeous reign ; The German in his wilds untam'd had stray'd , Nor Britain tribute to bold Julius paid : But imp'd by this , her ...
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... Italy a mingled host . On the huge peak , whose giant ribs command ' The teeming soil of soft Ausonia's land , 625 He stops well pleas'd , to scent the sharpen'd breeze From fuming rills , and undulating trees , Whose fruits not yet ...
... Italy a mingled host . On the huge peak , whose giant ribs command ' The teeming soil of soft Ausonia's land , 625 He stops well pleas'd , to scent the sharpen'd breeze From fuming rills , and undulating trees , Whose fruits not yet ...
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... Italy be dear , year ; 645 " Let one perpetual winter chill the " For , lo , I come , and as I come prepare Havock , and waste , and all the woes of war . " * Quamdiu in Italia fuit , nemo ei in acie restitit , nemo adversus eum post ...
... Italy be dear , year ; 645 " Let one perpetual winter chill the " For , lo , I come , and as I come prepare Havock , and waste , and all the woes of war . " * Quamdiu in Italia fuit , nemo ei in acie restitit , nemo adversus eum post ...
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... Italy ; take from Spain her Lopez de Vega , Calderon , and Cervantes ; Corneille , Racine , Moliere , and Boileau , from France ; and - my pen shrinks while I write it - dismantle England of her Shakspeare , Milton , Dryden , and Pope ...
... Italy ; take from Spain her Lopez de Vega , Calderon , and Cervantes ; Corneille , Racine , Moliere , and Boileau , from France ; and - my pen shrinks while I write it - dismantle England of her Shakspeare , Milton , Dryden , and Pope ...
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