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... Poor Fisherman- Ulysses ' raft . Ulysses pining for his native Ithaca .... Shipwreck of Ulysses . Cowper . 19 Convivial The Garden of Alcinous The Bard .. ibid . 19 -Pope . 19 ..ibid . ibid . 20 Poverty .. " I gave the People Freedom ...
... Poor Fisherman- Ulysses ' raft . Ulysses pining for his native Ithaca .... Shipwreck of Ulysses . Cowper . 19 Convivial The Garden of Alcinous The Bard .. ibid . 19 -Pope . 19 ..ibid . ibid . 20 Poverty .. " I gave the People Freedom ...
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... Poor Man becoming Rich . On Death . On a Murdered Corpse On Anacreon .. 271 Boyd , 271 .ibid . 272 On Homer .ibid . 272 ..ibid 272 272 On a Miserable Old Man ... J. H. Merivale . 272 ... The Tatler . 272 On Friendship On the Shortness ...
... Poor Man becoming Rich . On Death . On a Murdered Corpse On Anacreon .. 271 Boyd , 271 .ibid . 272 On Homer .ibid . 272 ..ibid 272 272 On a Miserable Old Man ... J. H. Merivale . 272 ... The Tatler . 272 On Friendship On the Shortness ...
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... Poor ... ..ibid . 495 The Poet .ibid . 495 Ancestry The Approach of Age .. • ibid . 522 .ibid . 522 ibid . 523 • Hodgson . 524 Story of Lucretia ...... .. Dido to Æneas MANILIUS ..ibid . 496 Smedley . 499 Vanity of Human Wishes ...
... Poor ... ..ibid . 495 The Poet .ibid . 495 Ancestry The Approach of Age .. • ibid . 522 .ibid . 522 ibid . 523 • Hodgson . 524 Story of Lucretia ...... .. Dido to Æneas MANILIUS ..ibid . 496 Smedley . 499 Vanity of Human Wishes ...
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... poor , With nice exactness weighs her woolly store , ) Till , poised aloft , the resting beam suspends Each equal weight ; nor this , nor that descends : So stood the war , till Hector's matchless might With fates prevailing , turn'd ...
... poor , With nice exactness weighs her woolly store , ) Till , poised aloft , the resting beam suspends Each equal weight ; nor this , nor that descends : So stood the war , till Hector's matchless might With fates prevailing , turn'd ...
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... poor . At least some hospitable gift bestow ; ' Tis what the happy to th ' unhappy owe ; ' Tis what the gods require : those gods revere , The poor and stranger are their constant care : To Jove their cause , and their revenge belongs ...
... poor . At least some hospitable gift bestow ; ' Tis what the happy to th ' unhappy owe ; ' Tis what the gods require : those gods revere , The poor and stranger are their constant care : To Jove their cause , and their revenge belongs ...
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