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He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is often toucht on ) ; from his great riches ( an ordinary common - place in Pindar ) ; from his hospitality , munificence , and other virtues . The Ode ( according to the ...
He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is often toucht on ) ; from his great riches ( an ordinary common - place in Pindar ) ; from his hospitality , munificence , and other virtues . The Ode ( according to the ...
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Join Theron boldly to their facred names ; Theron the next honour claims ; Theron to no man gives place , Is first in Pisa's and in Virtue's race ; Theron there , and he alone , Ev'n his own swift forefathers has outgone , They through ...
Join Theron boldly to their facred names ; Theron the next honour claims ; Theron to no man gives place , Is first in Pisa's and in Virtue's race ; Theron there , and he alone , Ev'n his own swift forefathers has outgone , They through ...
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Thou , Theron , his great virtues doft revive ; , He in my verse and thee again does live . Loud Olympus happy thee , Isthmus and Nemæa does twice happy see ;. For the well - natur'd honour there , Which with thy brother thou didft Mare ...
Thou , Theron , his great virtues doft revive ; , He in my verse and thee again does live . Loud Olympus happy thee , Isthmus and Nemæa does twice happy see ;. For the well - natur'd honour there , Which with thy brother thou didft Mare ...
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Such monsters , Theron ! has thy virtue found : But all the malice they profess , Thy secure honour cannot wound ; For thy vaft bounties are so numberless , That them or to conceal , or else to tell , Is equally impossible !
Such monsters , Theron ! has thy virtue found : But all the malice they profess , Thy secure honour cannot wound ; For thy vaft bounties are so numberless , That them or to conceal , or else to tell , Is equally impossible !
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Though happy men the present goods possess , Th ' unhappy have their share in future hopes no left , How early has young Chromius begun The race of virtue , and how fwiftly run , And borne the noble prize away , Whilst other youths yet ...
Though happy men the present goods possess , Th ' unhappy have their share in future hopes no left , How early has young Chromius begun The race of virtue , and how fwiftly run , And borne the noble prize away , Whilst other youths yet ...
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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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