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... ancient and modern , have been added . Several quotations from Hurd on the " Ars Poetica , " though somewhat lengthy , have been introduced , as their admirable taste cannot but render them acceptable to readers of every class ...
... ancient and modern , have been added . Several quotations from Hurd on the " Ars Poetica , " though somewhat lengthy , have been introduced , as their admirable taste cannot but render them acceptable to readers of every class ...
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... ancients , who believ- ed that thunders which portended any revolution in a state were more inflamed than any other ; as they fancied that the lightnings of Jupiter were red and fiery ; those of the other gods , pale and dark . CRUQ ...
... ancients , who believ- ed that thunders which portended any revolution in a state were more inflamed than any other ; as they fancied that the lightnings of Jupiter were red and fiery ; those of the other gods , pale and dark . CRUQ ...
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... ancients dreaded ship- wreck as the worst sort of death , as being thereby liable to be devoured by fish , dashed against rocks , or cast upon an uninhabited island . WATSON . 23 The poet , with a very delicate flattery , calls these ...
... ancients dreaded ship- wreck as the worst sort of death , as being thereby liable to be devoured by fish , dashed against rocks , or cast upon an uninhabited island . WATSON . 23 The poet , with a very delicate flattery , calls these ...
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... ancients used to draw their ships on shore during winter . SAN . 28 Faunus , he was son to Picus , father to Latinus , and the third king of the aborigines in Latium ; who , because he taught the people some- what of religion and ...
... ancients used to draw their ships on shore during winter . SAN . 28 Faunus , he was son to Picus , father to Latinus , and the third king of the aborigines in Latium ; who , because he taught the people some- what of religion and ...
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... ancients , at feasts , to choose a king , or master , to order how much each guest should drink , whom all the company were obliged to obey ; he was chosen by throwing of the dice , upon whose sides were engraven or painted the images ...
... ancients , at feasts , to choose a king , or master , to order how much each guest should drink , whom all the company were obliged to obey ; he was chosen by throwing of the dice , upon whose sides were engraven or painted the images ...
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agreeable ancient ANTHON Apollo Aristippus Augustus Bacchus battle of Actium beauty better called Campus Martius celebrated Chimæra chorus Cicero comedy CRUQ Dacier death delight dread DUBL earth Edition Engravings Ennius EPISTLE Essays expression father Faunus favour fortune FRAN genius give gods Grecian Greek happy hath History honour Horace HURD imitation impious Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter king labour Latin laugh laws lest live Lucanian lyre M'CAUL Mæcenas manner means Memoir mind muse nature Notes obliged Octavius ORELLI Parthians person Pirithous play poem poet poetry Portrait prætor praise rich Roman Rome sacred SATIRE says senate sesterces signifies sing slaves Stertinius Telephus temple thee thing thou Thracian Tiberius tion TORR tragedy Trans Translated Troy twelve tables Venus verses Virgil virtue vols WATSON whence wind wine Woodcuts woods words write youth
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