The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... gives place , Is firft in Pifa's and in Virtue's race ; Theron there , and he alone , Ev'n his own fwift forefathers has outgone . They through rough ways , o'er many ftops they paft , Till on the fatal bank at last They Agrigentum ...
... gives place , Is firft in Pifa's and in Virtue's race ; Theron there , and he alone , Ev'n his own fwift forefathers has outgone . They through rough ways , o'er many ftops they paft , Till on the fatal bank at last They Agrigentum ...
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... give below ; Whereas th ' unjust and covetous above , In deep unlovely vaults , By the just decrees of Jove , Unrelenting torments prove , The heavy neceffary effects of voluntary faults . Whilft in the lands of unexhausted light , O'er ...
... give below ; Whereas th ' unjust and covetous above , In deep unlovely vaults , By the just decrees of Jove , Unrelenting torments prove , The heavy neceffary effects of voluntary faults . Whilft in the lands of unexhausted light , O'er ...
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... give , Who for his juftice was thought fit With fovereign Saturn on the bench to fit . Peleus here , and Cadmus , reign ; Here great Achilles , wrathful now no more , Since his bleft mother ( who before Had try'd it on his body ' in ...
... give , Who for his juftice was thought fit With fovereign Saturn on the bench to fit . Peleus here , and Cadmus , reign ; Here great Achilles , wrathful now no more , Since his bleft mother ( who before Had try'd it on his body ' in ...
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... give Malicious men pretext to misbelieve , By the Caftalian waters fwear ( A facred oath no poets dare To take in vain , No more than Gods do that of Styx prophane ) , Swear , in no city e'er before , A better man , or greater - foul'd ...
... give Malicious men pretext to misbelieve , By the Caftalian waters fwear ( A facred oath no poets dare To take in vain , No more than Gods do that of Styx prophane ) , Swear , in no city e'er before , A better man , or greater - foul'd ...
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... give , " Said Jove , and , as he said , Smil'd , and bent his gracious head . " " And thou , O ifle ! " faid he , " for ever thrive , " And keep the value of our gift alive ! " As Heaven with ftars , fo let " The country thick with ...
... give , " Said Jove , and , as he said , Smil'd , and bent his gracious head . " " And thou , O ifle ! " faid he , " for ever thrive , " And keep the value of our gift alive ! " As Heaven with ftars , fo let " The country thick with ...
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