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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... fpear let every Grecian wield , And every Grecian fix his brazen fhield ; Let all excite the fiery fteeds of war , And all for combat fit the rattling car . This day , this dreadful day , let each contend ; No teft , no refpite , till ...
... fpear let every Grecian wield , And every Grecian fix his brazen fhield ; Let all excite the fiery fteeds of war , And all for combat fit the rattling car . This day , this dreadful day , let each contend ; No teft , no refpite , till ...
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... fpear , he meditates the wound , In act to throw ; but , cautious , look'd around . Struck at his fight the Trojans backward drew , And trembling heard the javelin as it flew . A chief ftond nigh , who from Abydos came , Old Priam's fon ...
... fpear , he meditates the wound , In act to throw ; but , cautious , look'd around . Struck at his fight the Trojans backward drew , And trembling heard the javelin as it flew . A chief ftond nigh , who from Abydos came , Old Priam's fon ...
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... fpear of Merion mingled with the dead , Through his right hip with forceful fury caft , Between the bladder and the bone it paft : Prone on his knees he falls with fruitlefs cries , And death , in lafting flumber feals his eyes . From ...
... fpear of Merion mingled with the dead , Through his right hip with forceful fury caft , Between the bladder and the bone it paft : Prone on his knees he falls with fruitlefs cries , And death , in lafting flumber feals his eyes . From ...
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... fpear . Young Xanthus next , and Thoon felt his rage ; The joy and hope of Phanops ' feeble age ; Vaft was his ... fpears he flies , Exploring Pandarus with careful eyes , At length he found Lycaon's mighty fon ; To whom the chief of ...
... fpear . Young Xanthus next , and Thoon felt his rage ; The joy and hope of Phanops ' feeble age ; Vaft was his ... fpears he flies , Exploring Pandarus with careful eyes , At length he found Lycaon's mighty fon ; To whom the chief of ...
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... fpear , the chariot's care be mine . O prince ! ( Lycaon's valiant fon replied ) As thine the fleeds , be thine the talk to guide . The horses , practis'd to their lord's command , Shall bear the rein , and answer to thy hand , But if ...
... fpear , the chariot's care be mine . O prince ! ( Lycaon's valiant fon replied ) As thine the fleeds , be thine the talk to guide . The horses , practis'd to their lord's command , Shall bear the rein , and answer to thy hand , But if ...
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