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PRE FACE E. I f a man should undertake to translate Pindar word for word , it would be thought that one mail - man had translated another ; as may appear , when he that understands not the original , reads the verbal traduction of him ...
PRE FACE E. I f a man should undertake to translate Pindar word for word , it would be thought that one mail - man had translated another ; as may appear , when he that understands not the original , reads the verbal traduction of him ...
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Here all the Heroes , and their Poets , live Wise Rhadamanthus did the sentence give , Who for his justice was thought fit With sovereign Saturn on the bench to fit . Peleus here , and Cadmus , reign ; Here great Achilles , wrathful now ...
Here all the Heroes , and their Poets , live Wise Rhadamanthus did the sentence give , Who for his justice was thought fit With sovereign Saturn on the bench to fit . Peleus here , and Cadmus , reign ; Here great Achilles , wrathful now ...
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I little thought before ( Nor , being my own self so poor , Could comprehend fo vast a store ) That all the wardrobe of rich Eloquence Could have afforded half enough , Of bright , of new , and lasting stuff , To cloathe the mighty ...
I little thought before ( Nor , being my own self so poor , Could comprehend fo vast a store ) That all the wardrobe of rich Eloquence Could have afforded half enough , Of bright , of new , and lasting stuff , To cloathe the mighty ...
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... With such a voice , and such a brow , As put the trembling ghost to sudden flight ; 3 It vanishid , as a taper's light Goes out when spirits appear , in light . One D 2 One would have thought ' t heard the morning crow B R U T U s .
... With such a voice , and such a brow , As put the trembling ghost to sudden flight ; 3 It vanishid , as a taper's light Goes out when spirits appear , in light . One D 2 One would have thought ' t heard the morning crow B R U T U s .
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One would have thought ' t heard the morning crow , Or seen her well - appointed star Come marching up the Eastern hill afar . Nor durft it in Philippi's field appear , But unseen attack'd ' thee there : Had it prefum'd in any shape ...
One would have thought ' t heard the morning crow , Or seen her well - appointed star Come marching up the Eastern hill afar . Nor durft it in Philippi's field appear , But unseen attack'd ' thee there : Had it prefum'd in any shape ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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