The works of Horace, Volume 1W. Flexney, Mess. Johnson, and T. Caslon, 1767 |
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Page xiii
... whose command the elements give fire , And at whofe dread alarm obedient winds confpire ! Genius is certainly that great witness , which God never fuffered himself to be without even amongst the Hea- thens : thens and in general ( tho ...
... whose command the elements give fire , And at whofe dread alarm obedient winds confpire ! Genius is certainly that great witness , which God never fuffered himself to be without even amongst the Hea- thens : thens and in general ( tho ...
Page xv
... whose royal floods are Roman and excel ! I make no doubt but Sir John Denham whetted his imagination by the above lines of Dionyfius , before he made those famous verfes upon the Thames . * But the finest lines of all heathen antiquity ...
... whose royal floods are Roman and excel ! I make no doubt but Sir John Denham whetted his imagination by the above lines of Dionyfius , before he made those famous verfes upon the Thames . * But the finest lines of all heathen antiquity ...
Page xix
... Whose filence you command or break , Thou that canft make the mute excel , And ev'n the fea - born reptiles fpeak , And like the fwan , if you apply Your touch , in charming accents die ! This is thy gift , and only thine , That as I ...
... Whose filence you command or break , Thou that canft make the mute excel , And ev'n the fea - born reptiles fpeak , And like the fwan , if you apply Your touch , in charming accents die ! This is thy gift , and only thine , That as I ...
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... Whose royal ancestors were crown'd ; O patron of my wealth and praise , And pride and pleasure of my days ! Some of a vent'rous caft there are , That glory in th ' Olympic car , Whose glowing wheels in duft they roll , Driv❜n to an ...
... Whose royal ancestors were crown'd ; O patron of my wealth and praise , And pride and pleasure of my days ! Some of a vent'rous caft there are , That glory in th ' Olympic car , Whose glowing wheels in duft they roll , Driv❜n to an ...
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... 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 mortals not the ...
... 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 mortals not the ...
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