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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... thefe he has derived that harmony , which makes us confefs he had not only the richest head , but the fineft ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verfes , even without understanding ...
... thefe he has derived that harmony , which makes us confefs he had not only the richest head , but the fineft ear in the world . This is fo great a truth , that whoever will but confult the tune of his verfes , even without understanding ...
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... thefe he begs ; and lowly bending down , Extends the fceptre and the laurel crown . He ned to all , but chief implor'd for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race . Ye kings and warriors may your vows be crown'd , And Troy's ...
... thefe he begs ; and lowly bending down , Extends the fceptre and the laurel crown . He ned to all , but chief implor'd for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race . Ye kings and warriors may your vows be crown'd , And Troy's ...
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... thefe aged eyes fhall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? With thefe of old to ...
... thefe aged eyes fhall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endued with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? With thefe of old to ...
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... thefe Arcefilaus and Cionius ftand , Equal in arms , and equal in command . Thefe head the troops that rocky Aulis yields , And Eteon's hills , and Hyrie's watery fields , And Schoenos , Scholos , Græa near the main , And Mycaleflia's ...
... thefe Arcefilaus and Cionius ftand , Equal in arms , and equal in command . Thefe head the troops that rocky Aulis yields , And Eteon's hills , and Hyrie's watery fields , And Schoenos , Scholos , Græa near the main , And Mycaleflia's ...
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... Thefe by the brave Euryalus were led , Great Sthenelus , and greater Diomed , But chief Tydides bore the fovereign fway ; In four - fcore barks they plough the watery way . The proud Mycenè arms her martial powers , Cleone , Corinth ...
... Thefe by the brave Euryalus were led , Great Sthenelus , and greater Diomed , But chief Tydides bore the fovereign fway ; In four - fcore barks they plough the watery way . The proud Mycenè arms her martial powers , Cleone , Corinth ...
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