A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope's Iliad & Odyssey. West's Pindar. Dryden's Virgil. Persius & Juvenal. Pitt's Aeneid. Rowe's LucanJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1792 |
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... Ev'n by that God I fwear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , And whofe bleft oracles thy lips declare ; Long as Achilles breathes this vital air , No daring Greek of all the numerous band Against his ...
... Ev'n by that God I fwear , who rules the day , To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , And whofe bleft oracles thy lips declare ; Long as Achilles breathes this vital air , No daring Greek of all the numerous band Against his ...
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... ev'n now ' tis given him to deftroy The lofty towers of wide extended Troy . For now no more the Gods with fate contend ; At Juno's fuit the heavenly factions end . Deftruction hangs o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits th ...
... ev'n now ' tis given him to deftroy The lofty towers of wide extended Troy . For now no more the Gods with fate contend ; At Juno's fuit the heavenly factions end . Deftruction hangs o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits th ...
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... Ev'n he their chief , great Agamemnon , prefs'd Thy daring hand , and this advice addrefs'd : Whither , O Menelaüs ! wouldst thou run , And tempt a fate , which prudence bids thee fhun ? Griev'd though thou art , forbear the rafh defign ...
... Ev'n he their chief , great Agamemnon , prefs'd Thy daring hand , and this advice addrefs'd : Whither , O Menelaüs ! wouldst thou run , And tempt a fate , which prudence bids thee fhun ? Griev'd though thou art , forbear the rafh defign ...
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... ev'n he may learn to fear The thirsty fury of my flying fpear . Thus faid the chief ; and Neftor , fkill'd in war , Approves his counsel , and ascends the car : The steeds he left , their trufty fervants hold ; Eurymedon , and Sthenelus ...
... ev'n he may learn to fear The thirsty fury of my flying fpear . Thus faid the chief ; and Neftor , fkill'd in war , Approves his counsel , and ascends the car : The steeds he left , their trufty fervants hold ; Eurymedon , and Sthenelus ...
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... ev`n he may learn to fear The thirsty fury of my flying spear . Thus faid the chief ; and Neftor , skill'd in war , Approves his counsel , and afcends the car : The steeds he left , their trufty fervants hold ; Eurymedon , and Sthenelus ...
... ev`n he may learn to fear The thirsty fury of my flying spear . Thus faid the chief ; and Neftor , skill'd in war , Approves his counsel , and afcends the car : The steeds he left , their trufty fervants hold ; Eurymedon , and Sthenelus ...
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Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Atrides band beneath blood bold brave breaft chariot chief counfels courfers crown'd dart death defcends diftant Diomed divine dreadful duft Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate feaft feas fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft fkies flain flames flew flies fome forrows foul fpear fpoke ftand fteeds ftern ftill fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand heart Heaven Hector hero hoft honours Idomeneus Ilion immortal javelin Jove king laft lance loft Lycian Menelaus mighty monarch mortal muft Neftor numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain Priam prince Pylian race rage reft rife ſhall ſhore Simoïs ſkies ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Telemachus thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes vafe veffels walls warrior whofe woes wound youth