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Page ix
... Rich not happier than their Neighbours ibid . 203 Consolation in Misfortune What dust we are made of .. Bad Temper .. Know Thyself .. Unkind Fortune .. How to please God . .ibid . 201 ibid . 204 ibid . 204 .ibid . 204 .... ibid . 204 W ...
... Rich not happier than their Neighbours ibid . 203 Consolation in Misfortune What dust we are made of .. Bad Temper .. Know Thyself .. Unkind Fortune .. How to please God . .ibid . 201 ibid . 204 ibid . 204 .ibid . 204 .... ibid . 204 W ...
Page xii
... 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 and Evils of Life ...
... 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 and Evils of Life ...
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... Rich in her fruits , and in her martial 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 ...
... Rich in her fruits , and in her martial 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 ...
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... rich , and ports and shores Along the margined deep ; but there the wave Their further progress stays ; while all besides Lies whelm'd beneath Jove's fast descending shower ; So thick , from side to side , by Trojans hurled Against the ...
... rich , and ports and shores Along the margined deep ; but there the wave Their further progress stays ; while all besides Lies whelm'd beneath Jove's fast descending shower ; So thick , from side to side , by Trojans hurled Against the ...
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... rich liquors other climates boast . We to thy shore the precious freight shall bear , If home thou send us , and vouchsafe to spare . | But oh ! thus furious , thirsting thus for gore , The sons of men shall ne'er approach thy shore ...
... rich liquors other climates boast . We to thy shore the precious freight shall bear , If home thou send us , and vouchsafe to spare . | But oh ! thus furious , thirsting thus for gore , The sons of men shall ne'er approach thy shore ...
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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