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... heart purified , and which alone can promise happiness on earth , by a satisfaction of an instinctive ap- petite in the light and under the sanction of a spiritual union . So pervading has the combined action of Christianity and ...
... heart purified , and which alone can promise happiness on earth , by a satisfaction of an instinctive ap- petite in the light and under the sanction of a spiritual union . So pervading has the combined action of Christianity and ...
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... heart forsook , Which thus redoubling on Atrides broke : O monster ! mix'd of insolence and fear , Thou dog in forehead , but in heart a deer ! When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ...
... heart forsook , Which thus redoubling on Atrides broke : O monster ! mix'd of insolence and fear , Thou dog in forehead , but in heart a deer ! When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ...
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... heart o'erflows with joy . " He spoke , and fondly gazing on her charms , Restored the pleasing burden to her arms : Soft on her fragrant breast the babe he laid , Hush'd to repose , and with a smile survey'd . The troubled pleasure ...
... heart o'erflows with joy . " He spoke , and fondly gazing on her charms , Restored the pleasing burden to her arms : Soft on her fragrant breast the babe he laid , Hush'd to repose , and with a smile survey'd . The troubled pleasure ...
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... heart receives , Thus breaks our slumbers , and disturbs the night ? While such a monster as vile Noman lives . Does any mortal , in th ' unguarded hour Of sleep , oppress thee , or by fraud or power ? Or thieves insidious the fair ...
... heart receives , Thus breaks our slumbers , and disturbs the night ? While such a monster as vile Noman lives . Does any mortal , in th ' unguarded hour Of sleep , oppress thee , or by fraud or power ? Or thieves insidious the fair ...
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... heart of Anchises in the form of a Sylvan maid , now appears to him in her own proper character . " Anchises , wake ; Thy fond repose and lethargy forsake ! Look on the nymph who late from Phrygia came , Behold me well - say if I seem ...
... heart of Anchises in the form of a Sylvan maid , now appears to him in her own proper character . " Anchises , wake ; Thy fond repose and lethargy forsake ! Look on the nymph who late from Phrygia came , Behold me well - say if I seem ...
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Adic Admetus Alcmena Amph Amphitryon Antistrophe arms Athens bear behold Bleps blest breast breath charms Chor CHORUS Chrem Cleon Clytemnestra Creon Dæm dark daughter dead dear death deeds Demus didst dost thou dread e'en earth Eteocles Eucl Euripides eyes fair fate father fear flame friends give goddess gods grace Greece grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Jove Jupiter king Labr Laius live lord maid Merc Mess mighty mortal mother Muses ne'er never night nymph o'er Palæstra Peleus Phei Plut Plutus poet Polybus Polynices rich round sacred SCENE shalt shore slave sleep song sorrow soul speak Streps Strob STROBILUS sweet tears tell Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus thine thou art tomb Trach Twas Tynd Venus virgin voice wave wife wine words wretch youth