The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... prince of Agrigentum ( a famous city in Sicily , built by his ancestors ) who , in the feventy - feventh Olympic , won the chariot - prize . He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is often toucht on ) ; from his ...
... prince of Agrigentum ( a famous city in Sicily , built by his ancestors ) who , in the feventy - feventh Olympic , won the chariot - prize . He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is often toucht on ) ; from his ...
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... Prince ( Hard of belief and will , but not so hard as thou ) ; Think with what dreadful proofs God did convince The feeble arguments that human power could show ; Think what plagues attend on thee , Who Mofes ' God doft now refufe ...
... Prince ( Hard of belief and will , but not so hard as thou ) ; Think with what dreadful proofs God did convince The feeble arguments that human power could show ; Think what plagues attend on thee , Who Mofes ' God doft now refufe ...
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... fome on flowery food ; And Accaron , the airy prince , led on this various host . Houses fecure not men , the populous ill Did all the houses fill : The country all around Did with the cries of tortur'd 3 The THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT . 59.
... fome on flowery food ; And Accaron , the airy prince , led on this various host . Houses fecure not men , the populous ill Did all the houses fill : The country all around Did with the cries of tortur'd 3 The THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT . 59.
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... prince , does downwards fly , Swift as the journies of the fight , Swift as the race of light , And with his winged will cuts through the yielding íky . He pafs'd through many a star , and , as he past , Shone ( like a star in them ) ...
... prince , does downwards fly , Swift as the journies of the fight , Swift as the race of light , And with his winged will cuts through the yielding íky . He pafs'd through many a star , and , as he past , Shone ( like a star in them ) ...
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... prince ! whom madmen , priests , and boys , invade ; " By thine own flesh , thy ungrateful fon , betray'd ! " Unnatural fool ! who can thus cheated be " By friendship's name , against a crown and thee ! " Betray not too thyfelf ; take ...
... prince ! whom madmen , priests , and boys , invade ; " By thine own flesh , thy ungrateful fon , betray'd ! " Unnatural fool ! who can thus cheated be " By friendship's name , against a crown and thee ! " Betray not too thyfelf ; take ...
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