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... thousand ships , lifting themselves under the con- duct of Agamemnon , as commander - in - chief ; and vowing never to return home till they had sacked Troy , which cost them ten years ' pains , and that to little purpose , till at ...
... thousand ships , lifting themselves under the con- duct of Agamemnon , as commander - in - chief ; and vowing never to return home till they had sacked Troy , which cost them ten years ' pains , and that to little purpose , till at ...
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... thousand methods , informing him that [ his mistress ] , Chloe , is sighing for him , and burns with the same love that thou hast for him . He remonstrates with him how a perfidious woman urged the credulous Prœtus , by false ...
... thousand methods , informing him that [ his mistress ] , Chloe , is sighing for him , and burns with the same love that thou hast for him . He remonstrates with him how a perfidious woman urged the credulous Prœtus , by false ...
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... thousand pound weight of cobwebs in Rome . FRAN . 2 The Scythians and Sarmatians , who bordered upon this river , were frequently engaged in wars with each other , from whence the poet calls it discors . LAMB . 3 Resigno quæ dedit - is ...
... thousand pound weight of cobwebs in Rome . FRAN . 2 The Scythians and Sarmatians , who bordered upon this river , were frequently engaged in wars with each other , from whence the poet calls it discors . LAMB . 3 Resigno quæ dedit - is ...
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... thousand foot and a thousand horse to join his colleague Salinator , and oppose the passage of Asdrubal , who was bringing a con- siderable reinforcement to his brother . This diligence preserved Italy ; for Asdrubal was defeated near ...
... thousand foot and a thousand horse to join his colleague Salinator , and oppose the passage of Asdrubal , who was bringing a con- siderable reinforcement to his brother . This diligence preserved Italy ; for Asdrubal was defeated near ...
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... thousand acres of land , when the ancient laws allowed the Roman citizen no more than seven ; and that these thousand acres should lie in such a country as Campania ; a country so fertile , that Bacchus and Ceres were said to have ...
... thousand acres of land , when the ancient laws allowed the Roman citizen no more than seven ; and that these thousand acres should lie in such a country as Campania ; a country so fertile , that Bacchus and Ceres were said to have ...
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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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