The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's VirgilH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Æneas Æneid Æneis againſt Amyntas arms Auguftus becauſe beſt betwixt Cæfar Carthage cauſe chearful courſe crown'd Daphnis defcended defign defire Dido earth Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate fear feas fecret fecure feem fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fide fight fing fire firft firſt flain flocks flood foes foil fome fong fpring ftreams fubject fuch fummer fure fwain fweet fword Georgic goddeſs gods Grecian ground heaven hero himſelf honour Ilioneus Jupiter labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Lordſhip mafter moſt Mufe muft muſt night numbers nymphs o'er obferved Ovid plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe prefent Priam promiſe purſue rage raiſe reafon reft reſt reſtrain rifing Segrais ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſpace ſtand ſtate thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflation trees Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian uſe verfe verſe vines Virgil whofe whoſe winds woods youth
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