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... Tacitus , but does not relish him 2. To Mr. WEST . Earnest hopes for his friend's better health , as the warm weather comes on . Defence of Tacitus , and his character . Of the new Dunciad . Sends him a speech from the first scene of ...
... Tacitus , but does not relish him 2. To Mr. WEST . Earnest hopes for his friend's better health , as the warm weather comes on . Defence of Tacitus , and his character . Of the new Dunciad . Sends him a speech from the first scene of ...
Page 126
... Tacitus , but have not yet read enough to judge of him ; only his Pannonian sedition in the first book of his annals , which is just as far as I have got , seemed to me a little te- dious . I have no more to say , but to desire you will ...
... Tacitus , but have not yet read enough to judge of him ; only his Pannonian sedition in the first book of his annals , which is just as far as I have got , seemed to me a little te- dious . I have no more to say , but to desire you will ...
Page 127
... Tacitus , of all authors in the world , can be tedious . An annalist , you know , is by no means master of his subject ; and I think one may venture to say , that if those Pannonian affairs are tedious in his hands , in another's they ...
... Tacitus , of all authors in the world , can be tedious . An annalist , you know , is by no means master of his subject ; and I think one may venture to say , that if those Pannonian affairs are tedious in his hands , in another's they ...
Page 132
... Tacitus for the facts on which this story is founded : by turning to that author , he will easily see how far the poet thought it neces- sary to deviate from the truth of history . I shall only further observe , that as such a fable ...
... Tacitus for the facts on which this story is founded : by turning to that author , he will easily see how far the poet thought it neces- sary to deviate from the truth of history . I shall only further observe , that as such a fable ...
Page 139
... hic jucundus adesses , Verba juvare queant , aut hunc lenire dolorem Sufficiant tua vox dulcis , nec vultus amatus . Do not mistake me , I do not condemn Tacitus : I was then inclined to find him tedious : the ( 139 )
... hic jucundus adesses , Verba juvare queant , aut hunc lenire dolorem Sufficiant tua vox dulcis , nec vultus amatus . Do not mistake me , I do not condemn Tacitus : I was then inclined to find him tedious : the ( 139 )
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