Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, Tom 6David P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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... gods and superior beings govern and direct the course of human affairs . Many individuals , and even whole nations , have thought that all the actions and events of our lives are predetermined by an over - ruling power , and that we ...
... gods and superior beings govern and direct the course of human affairs . Many individuals , and even whole nations , have thought that all the actions and events of our lives are predetermined by an over - ruling power , and that we ...
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... gods in epic poetry to eclipse the men in point of heroism ; and it is this , that the gods are immortal , and consequently cannot exert that in which heroism chiefly consists ; viz . the contempt of death . Homer , in order to give his ...
... gods in epic poetry to eclipse the men in point of heroism ; and it is this , that the gods are immortal , and consequently cannot exert that in which heroism chiefly consists ; viz . the contempt of death . Homer , in order to give his ...
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... God rever'd : In confidence of full success we came , To conquer Thebes , and win immortal fame . But if the gods and fate our fears distrust , To public justice and ourselves unjust ; Dishonour'd to our native seats we go , And yield a ...
... God rever'd : In confidence of full success we came , To conquer Thebes , and win immortal fame . But if the gods and fate our fears distrust , To public justice and ourselves unjust ; Dishonour'd to our native seats we go , And yield a ...
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The Regicide | 17 |
Poems of Wilkie | 55 |
The Authors Preface to his Epigoniad | 69 |
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