Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, EsqHenry Baldwin, 1794 - 275 страница |
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... we may pay the same deference to the misrepresentations of Dion , and the prodigies of Plutarch , as to the authenticity of Salluft , Tully , and Tacitus . What What is to be found here , is not intended vi PREFACE .
... we may pay the same deference to the misrepresentations of Dion , and the prodigies of Plutarch , as to the authenticity of Salluft , Tully , and Tacitus . What What is to be found here , is not intended vi PREFACE .
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... Tully's adulation of CESAR in the Senate , and the private sentiments which he expres- sed of him in the closet . As Cicero always speaks from reflection , he frequently writes from feeling ; SO so that we can sometimes form a better ...
... Tully's adulation of CESAR in the Senate , and the private sentiments which he expres- sed of him in the closet . As Cicero always speaks from reflection , he frequently writes from feeling ; SO so that we can sometimes form a better ...
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... Tully's word ; ' Though all her prouder monuments are gone , Vanish'd her triumphs , and her gods o'erthrown , Juv . Sat. iii . 40 ' Jampridem Syrus in Tiberim defluxit Orontes . * Cicero's villa near Arpinum is now possessed by a ...
... Tully's word ; ' Though all her prouder monuments are gone , Vanish'd her triumphs , and her gods o'erthrown , Juv . Sat. iii . 40 ' Jampridem Syrus in Tiberim defluxit Orontes . * Cicero's villa near Arpinum is now possessed by a ...
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... Tully the plain Roman talk'd , What ear would listen ? -for the Roman walk'd : But if a chariot roll'd him o'er the road , Or sweating slaves convey'd the living load , 745 O then , what eloquence in all he said ! What wisdom ev'n in ...
... Tully the plain Roman talk'd , What ear would listen ? -for the Roman walk'd : But if a chariot roll'd him o'er the road , Or sweating slaves convey'd the living load , 745 O then , what eloquence in all he said ! What wisdom ev'n in ...
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... Tully , as a person of consummate art , great pride , and unbounded ambition . On many occasions he owed his success at home as much to the dexterity of his management as to the splendour of his name and the fame of his atchievements ...
... Tully , as a person of consummate art , great pride , and unbounded ambition . On many occasions he owed his success at home as much to the dexterity of his management as to the splendour of his name and the fame of his atchievements ...
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admirable Æneid ancient Antony appear arms atque Augustus bade blood boast bold bosom breast Brutus CASS Catiline Cato character charms Cicero Coriolanus crimes cruel cruelty dæmon death DION Dion Cassius display'd emperor Engraved Ennius Epist erat etiam eyes fame favourite fierce FLOR foes form'd France genius Georgicks grace heart heaven honour horrour human Julius Cæsar king laws Lepidus less liberty Livy lord lov'd LUCAN Mæcenas mankind Marius ment mind Montesquieu muse nature nature's NUMA POMPILIUS numbers o'er Octavius once OVID pass'd passions perhaps person Plebeian Plutarch poet Pompey Pompey's pride proud publick quæ quam quod rage republick ROBERT JEPHSON Roman Rome Rome's Sallust Scipio SCIPIO AFRICANUS senate shame shews soft soul spirit SUET sword Sylla tears Tiberius Tibullus toil tongue Tully Tully's tyrant verse Virgil virtue wise youth δε και μεν τε τοις
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