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They plead , that none thofe common rites deny . To conquer'd foes , that in fair battle die . All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could he war with bodies void of breath . A king , they hop'd , would hear a king's request ...
They plead , that none thofe common rites deny . To conquer'd foes , that in fair battle die . All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could he war with bodies void of breath . A king , they hop'd , would hear a king's request ...
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You beg a truce , which I would gladly give , Not only for the flain , but thofe who live . I came not hither but by heaven's command , And fent by Fate to fhare the Latian land . Nor wage I wars unjuft ; your king deny'd My proffer'd ...
You beg a truce , which I would gladly give , Not only for the flain , but thofe who live . I came not hither but by heaven's command , And fent by Fate to fhare the Latian land . Nor wage I wars unjuft ; your king deny'd My proffer'd ...
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Nor will I add new honours to thy grave ; Content with thofe the Trojan hero gave . That funeral pomp thy Phrygian friends defign'd ; In which the Tufcan chiefs and army join'd : Great spoils , and trophies gain'd by thee , they bear ...
Nor will I add new honours to thy grave ; Content with thofe the Trojan hero gave . That funeral pomp thy Phrygian friends defign'd ; In which the Tufcan chiefs and army join'd : Great spoils , and trophies gain'd by thee , they bear ...
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... own race : unconquer'd in the field , Or , conquer'd , yet unknowing how to yield . What hopes you had in Diomede , lay down : Our hopes muft center on ourfelves alone . Yet thofe how feeble , and , indeed , how vain , You fee ...
... own race : unconquer'd in the field , Or , conquer'd , yet unknowing how to yield . What hopes you had in Diomede , lay down : Our hopes muft center on ourfelves alone . Yet thofe how feeble , and , indeed , how vain , You fee ...
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Thou , with thy Volfcians , face the Thufcan horfe :The brave Meffapus fhall thy troops inforce ; With thofe of Tibur ; and the Latian band : Subjected all to thy fupreme command . This faid , he warns Meffapus to the war : Then every ...
Thou , with thy Volfcians , face the Thufcan horfe :The brave Meffapus fhall thy troops inforce ; With thofe of Tibur ; and the Latian band : Subjected all to thy fupreme command . This faid , he warns Meffapus to the war : Then every ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11 |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) |
| Publisher | J. Rivington, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 366 pages |
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