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... hour have been , as nations , distinguished from the Northern tribes by a more sensuous conception of the Divinity , and by a craving after a visible and tangible representation of Him on earth , is indisputable . It is not difficult to ...
... hour have been , as nations , distinguished from the Northern tribes by a more sensuous conception of the Divinity , and by a craving after a visible and tangible representation of Him on earth , is indisputable . It is not difficult to ...
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... hour Sprung the fierce strife ; from what offended power ? Latona's son a dire contagion spread , And heap'd the camp with mountains of the dead ; The king of men his reverend priest defied And for the king's offence the people died ...
... hour Sprung the fierce strife ; from what offended power ? Latona's son a dire contagion spread , And heap'd the camp with mountains of the dead ; The king of men his reverend priest defied And for the king's offence the people died ...
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... hour , Thou stood'st a rival of imperial power ; And hence to all our host it shall be known , That kings are subject to the gods alone . Achilles heard , with grief and rage oppress'd His heart swell'd high , and labour'd in his breast ...
... hour , Thou stood'st a rival of imperial power ; And hence to all our host it shall be known , That kings are subject to the gods alone . Achilles heard , with grief and rage oppress'd His heart swell'd high , and labour'd in his breast ...
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... hour from ether downwards draws The flies ' winged nations , swarming o'er the vase , Thus Greece poured forth her multitudinous throng . OF A SHEPHERD GATHERING HIS FLOCKS , TO A GENERAL RANGING HIS ARMY - AND OF THE STATELINESS OF A ...
... hour from ether downwards draws The flies ' winged nations , swarming o'er the vase , Thus Greece poured forth her multitudinous throng . OF A SHEPHERD GATHERING HIS FLOCKS , TO A GENERAL RANGING HIS ARMY - AND OF THE STATELINESS OF A ...
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... hours , Two more he snatches , murders , and devours . Then pleas'd and whistling , drives his flock before ... hour . He comes with evening . all his fleecy flock Before him march , and pour into the rock : Not one , or male or ...
... hours , Two more he snatches , murders , and devours . Then pleas'd and whistling , drives his flock before ... hour . He comes with evening . all his fleecy flock Before him march , and pour into the rock : Not one , or male or ...
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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