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... Race of Man Glaucus .... The parting of Hector and Andromache .. ibid . 9 Embassy to Achilles .... ibid . 10 Hospitality of Achilles ...... Sotheby . 10 Achilles ' abhorrence of Falsehood ....... Pope . 10 Another translation of the ...
... Race of Man Glaucus .... The parting of Hector and Andromache .. ibid . 9 Embassy to Achilles .... ibid . 10 Hospitality of Achilles ...... Sotheby . 10 Achilles ' abhorrence of Falsehood ....... Pope . 10 Another translation of the ...
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... Race Horse- On a Shipwrecked Mariner . Life and Death .... 249 J. H. Merivale . 249 Youthful Beauty . Epitaph on an Usurer . Maxim .... TYMNEUS Spartan Virtue .. On one who died in a foreign Country . MOSCHUS The Contrast . Alpheus and ...
... Race Horse- On a Shipwrecked Mariner . Life and Death .... 249 J. H. Merivale . 249 Youthful Beauty . Epitaph on an Usurer . Maxim .... TYMNEUS Spartan Virtue .. On one who died in a foreign Country . MOSCHUS The Contrast . Alpheus and ...
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... race . Ye kings and warriors ! may your vows be crown'd And Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground . May Jove restore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . But oh ! relieve a wretched ...
... race . Ye kings and warriors ! may your vows be crown'd And Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground . May Jove restore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . But oh ! relieve a wretched ...
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... race . Hither we sail'd a voluntary throng , T ' avenge a private , not a public wrong ; What else to Troy th ' assembled nations draws , But thine , ungrateful , and thy brother's cause ? Is this the pay our blood and toils deserve ...
... race . Hither we sail'd a voluntary throng , T ' avenge a private , not a public wrong ; What else to Troy th ' assembled nations draws , But thine , ungrateful , and thy brother's cause ? Is this the pay our blood and toils deserve ...
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... race of heroes once I knew , Such as no more these aged eyes shall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , | Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; |. Strife and debate thy restless soul employ , And wars and ...
... race of heroes once I knew , Such as no more these aged eyes shall view ! Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , | Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; |. Strife and debate thy restless soul employ , And wars and ...
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