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Page xii
... four Verses inferted in the fame Satire , taken from a Tragedy of Nero ? Was it a dangerous thing to fay King Midas bas Affes Ears , whilft it was allowable to quote his Verses as a Model of ridiculous Poetry ? I find fome Difficulty to ...
... four Verses inferted in the fame Satire , taken from a Tragedy of Nero ? Was it a dangerous thing to fay King Midas bas Affes Ears , whilft it was allowable to quote his Verses as a Model of ridiculous Poetry ? I find fome Difficulty to ...
Page xiii
... a Tyrant , I answer as before , why do you not lop off the four abovementioned Verfes ? You ought to oblige the Author to blot them out , not only if they were were borrowed from a Poem of Nero , but even PERSIUS . Xiii.
... a Tyrant , I answer as before , why do you not lop off the four abovementioned Verfes ? You ought to oblige the Author to blot them out , not only if they were were borrowed from a Poem of Nero , but even PERSIUS . Xiii.
Page xiv
... four Verfes Torva Mimalloneis & c . which Perfius fo bitterly ridicules in his first Satire , were wrote by Nero . Yet we do not find that Nero , as cruel as he was , caused Perfius to be punished for it ; and that great Tyrant , tho ...
... four Verfes Torva Mimalloneis & c . which Perfius fo bitterly ridicules in his first Satire , were wrote by Nero . Yet we do not find that Nero , as cruel as he was , caused Perfius to be punished for it ; and that great Tyrant , tho ...
Page xv
... four Verfes in Question were taken from a Tragedy called Baccha , pag . 134. And to prove that Nero had wrote fuch a Piece , he quotes Dio , who only fays that Nero acted the Part of a Mufician when that Tragedy was reprefented . But is ...
... four Verfes in Question were taken from a Tragedy called Baccha , pag . 134. And to prove that Nero had wrote fuch a Piece , he quotes Dio , who only fays that Nero acted the Part of a Mufician when that Tragedy was reprefented . But is ...
Page xvi
... four hundred Books of them , and that the Example of Chryfippus fhould not be alledged in the Cafe , feeing the Books of that Philofopher were ufeful to human Life ? Was not he jealous of the Poet Lucan , and did not he forbid him to ...
... four hundred Books of them , and that the Example of Chryfippus fhould not be alledged in the Cafe , feeing the Books of that Philofopher were ufeful to human Life ? Was not he jealous of the Poet Lucan , and did not he forbid him to ...
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