The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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Page 23
... turns , as Fortune fhifts the scene : Some rais'd aloft , come tumbling down amain ; Then fall fo hard , they bound and rise again . If Diomede refufe his aid to lend , The great Meffapus yet remains our friend : C 4 655 660 Tolum ...
... turns , as Fortune fhifts the scene : Some rais'd aloft , come tumbling down amain ; Then fall fo hard , they bound and rise again . If Diomede refufe his aid to lend , The great Meffapus yet remains our friend : C 4 655 660 Tolum ...
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... turning fhort , with speedy pace , Cafts back a fcornful glance , and quits the place . Thou , Volufus , the Volfcian troops command To mount ; and lead thyself our Ardean band . Meffapus , and Catillus , poft your force Along the ...
... turning fhort , with speedy pace , Cafts back a fcornful glance , and quits the place . Thou , Volufus , the Volfcian troops command To mount ; and lead thyself our Ardean band . Meffapus , and Catillus , poft your force Along the ...
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... . The Tufcans take their turn to fear and fly.¡ So fwelling furges , with a thundering roar , Driven on each other's backs , infult the fhore ; 930 Bound } Bound o'er the rocks , incroach upon the land ; 32 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL .
... . The Tufcans take their turn to fear and fly.¡ So fwelling furges , with a thundering roar , Driven on each other's backs , infult the fhore ; 930 Bound } Bound o'er the rocks , incroach upon the land ; 32 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL .
Page 33
... turn , repell'd . Afham'd at length , to the third charge they ran , Both hofts refolv'd , and mingled man to man : Now dying groans are heard , the fields are ftrow'd With falling bodies , and are drunk with blood : Arms , horses , men ...
... turn , repell'd . Afham'd at length , to the third charge they ran , Both hofts refolv'd , and mingled man to man : Now dying groans are heard , the fields are ftrow'd With falling bodies , and are drunk with blood : Arms , horses , men ...
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... turning short , at once she feiz'd the rein , And laid the boafter groveling on the plain . Not with more eafe the falcon from above Truffes , in middle air , the trembling dove : 1050 1055 1060 1065 1070 Then plumes the prey , in her ...
... turning short , at once she feiz'd the rein , And laid the boafter groveling on the plain . Not with more eafe the falcon from above Truffes , in middle air , the trembling dove : 1050 1055 1060 1065 1070 Then plumes the prey , in her ...
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