The works of Horace, Volume 1W. Flexney, Mess. Johnson, and T. Caslon, 1767 |
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... death , nor bonds --- Can terrify who corresponds With heav'n and virtue , to defy All luft and fame , beneath the sky : At once by gift and conduct too As finely turn'd , as polifh'd true , So that no rub or greater force Retard him in ...
... death , nor bonds --- Can terrify who corresponds With heav'n and virtue , to defy All luft and fame , beneath the sky : At once by gift and conduct too As finely turn'd , as polifh'd true , So that no rub or greater force Retard him in ...
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... death of Julius Cæfar . The fale bope of the empire is placed in the fafety of Augustus . SURELY at length it may suffice , These frequent ftorms of fnow and hail , Which Jove , commiffion'd from the skies , So dreadful to prevail ! And ...
... death of Julius Cæfar . The fale bope of the empire is placed in the fafety of Augustus . SURELY at length it may suffice , These frequent ftorms of fnow and hail , Which Jove , commiffion'd from the skies , So dreadful to prevail ! And ...
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... death did he dread , who beheld , with dry eyes , the monsters swimming in the deep ; who beheld the fwoln fea , and those infamous rocks on the frontiers of Epirus ! In vain has the providence of God cut off the regions of the earth by ...
... death did he dread , who beheld , with dry eyes , the monsters swimming in the deep ; who beheld the fwoln fea , and those infamous rocks on the frontiers of Epirus ! In vain has the providence of God cut off the regions of the earth by ...
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... death was he , Whose tearless eyes could fuch ftrange monfters fee ; Cou'd fee the fwelling ocean low'r , Or those huge rocks , which in Epirus tow'r ! Dread Providence the land in vain Has cut from that diffociable main , If impious ...
... death was he , Whose tearless eyes could fuch ftrange monfters fee ; Cou'd fee the fwelling ocean low'r , Or those huge rocks , which in Epirus tow'r ! Dread Providence the land in vain Has cut from that diffociable main , If impious ...
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... death knocks at the hamlets of the poor , and the towers of kings , with an equal foot . O fortunate Sextius , the fum total of fhort life forbids us to set out with hopes of any duration . Anon fhall night and the ghofts , though ...
... death knocks at the hamlets of the poor , and the towers of kings , with an equal foot . O fortunate Sextius , the fum total of fhort life forbids us to set out with hopes of any duration . Anon fhall night and the ghofts , though ...
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