The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... Neptune was almost universal throughout the earth ; he was particularly venerated in Libya , both Greeks and Romans were much attached to him , and celebrated the Con ... Neptune is thus described as calming a tempest raised by 28 NEPTUNE .
... Neptune was almost universal throughout the earth ; he was particularly venerated in Libya , both Greeks and Romans were much attached to him , and celebrated the Con ... Neptune is thus described as calming a tempest raised by 28 NEPTUNE .
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Or, Mythology for Children. Neptune is thus described as calming a tempest raised by Eolus : - Meantime , imperial Neptune heard the sound Of raging billows breaking on the ground . Displeased , and fearing for his watery reign , He ...
Or, Mythology for Children. Neptune is thus described as calming a tempest raised by Eolus : - Meantime , imperial Neptune heard the sound Of raging billows breaking on the ground . Displeased , and fearing for his watery reign , He ...
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... heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The waves unruffle , and the sea subsides . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto was the son of 30 NEPTUNE .
... heaves them off the shoals . — Where'er he guides His finny coursers , and in triumph rides , The waves unruffle , and the sea subsides . VIRGIL'S Eneid , book 1 . bard no pill PLUTO . Pluto was the son of 30 NEPTUNE .
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... Neptune . On the partition of his sire's dominions , the empire of hell fell to his lot ; at the commencement of his reign he endeavoured to procure a consort , but the goddesses affrighted at his gloomy abode refused his offers ; in ...
... Neptune . On the partition of his sire's dominions , the empire of hell fell to his lot ; at the commencement of his reign he endeavoured to procure a consort , but the goddesses affrighted at his gloomy abode refused his offers ; in ...
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... Neptune , but with two prongs . The giant Typheus was immured under Trinacria or Sicily , and struggling for eman- cipation he caused such convulsions in the earth , that Pluto became alarmed and visited these upper regions , and it was ...
... Neptune , but with two prongs . The giant Typheus was immured under Trinacria or Sicily , and struggling for eman- cipation he caused such convulsions in the earth , that Pluto became alarmed and visited these upper regions , and it was ...
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