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... equal heaven , For all design'd , to them alone was given ! To bring all duties to one centre home , — Unbounded fondness for their parent Rome . Each wild excess which nature shrinks to hear , Assum'd too oft a patriot character ; 9 95 ...
... equal heaven , For all design'd , to them alone was given ! To bring all duties to one centre home , — Unbounded fondness for their parent Rome . Each wild excess which nature shrinks to hear , Assum'd too oft a patriot character ; 9 95 ...
Page 116
... equal supineness he fled shamefully from Rome at the approach of Cæsar , whom he affected to despise ; and upon the rout of his cavalry early in the engagement at Pharsalia , he made no effort to retrieve the fortune of the The master ...
... equal supineness he fled shamefully from Rome at the approach of Cæsar , whom he affected to despise ; and upon the rout of his cavalry early in the engagement at Pharsalia , he made no effort to retrieve the fortune of the The master ...
Page 125
... equal him in knowledge , it is certain he shamed them in practice . Kennet's ANTIQ + Plutarch informs us , in his life of Cato the Younger , that when he was Prætor , he often came to the court without his shoes , and sat upon the bench ...
... equal him in knowledge , it is certain he shamed them in practice . Kennet's ANTIQ + Plutarch informs us , in his life of Cato the Younger , that when he was Prætor , he often came to the court without his shoes , and sat upon the bench ...
Page 133
... equal menace met proud Sylla's frown ; Till with prophetick voice the tyrant cry'd , He many Marii in that boy espy'd . " Graceful his mien , with eloquence to charm , In peace prevailing , as in fight his arm ; 3 -armorum et equitandi ...
... equal menace met proud Sylla's frown ; Till with prophetick voice the tyrant cry'd , He many Marii in that boy espy'd . " Graceful his mien , with eloquence to charm , In peace prevailing , as in fight his arm ; 3 -armorum et equitandi ...
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... equal pomp , as when down Cydnus ' stream Her burnish'd prow struck back the sun's bright beam , The enchantress bade her bloated train prepare , To meet the horrours of the naval war ; But the first shouts her trembling spirits quail ...
... equal pomp , as when down Cydnus ' stream Her burnish'd prow struck back the sun's bright beam , The enchantress bade her bloated train prepare , To meet the horrours of the naval war ; But the first shouts her trembling spirits quail ...
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