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... Tears ........ 145 Robert Bland . 201 ..Cumberland . 202 A word to the Idle and Thoughtless .. Hopeless Anguish . ...... ..ibid . 202 ..ibid . 202 Cumberland . 145 The Test of Wisdom . .ibid . 202 ..ibid . 145 Riches ..... .ibid . 202 ...
... Tears ........ 145 Robert Bland . 201 ..Cumberland . 202 A word to the Idle and Thoughtless .. Hopeless Anguish . ...... ..ibid . 202 ..ibid . 202 Cumberland . 145 The Test of Wisdom . .ibid . 202 ..ibid . 145 Riches ..... .ibid . 202 ...
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... Tears .. ........ J. H. Merivale . 234 On a Corpse washed ashore .... An Offering to Apollo ... ANTAGORAS ibid 234 ibid . 234 235 ........ Charles Merivale 235 J. H. Merivale . 235 Cupid's Genealogy .. The two Cynic Philosophers ...
... Tears .. ........ J. H. Merivale . 234 On a Corpse washed ashore .... An Offering to Apollo ... ANTAGORAS ibid 234 ibid . 234 235 ........ Charles Merivale 235 J. H. Merivale . 235 Cupid's Genealogy .. The two Cynic Philosophers ...
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... tears , and bribes , shall plead in vain , And hissing fly the feather'd fates below . On mules and dogs th ' infection first began , And last , the vengeful arrows fix'd in man . For nine long nights , through all the dusky air , The ...
... tears , and bribes , shall plead in vain , And hissing fly the feather'd fates below . On mules and dogs th ' infection first began , And last , the vengeful arrows fix'd in man . For nine long nights , through all the dusky air , The ...
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... tear her from his heart . The unwilling heralds act their lord's com- mands , Pensive they walk along the barren sands ... tears of anger and disdain , Thus loud lamented to the stormy main : O parent goddess ! since in early bloom , Thy ...
... tear her from his heart . The unwilling heralds act their lord's com- mands , Pensive they walk along the barren sands ... tears of anger and disdain , Thus loud lamented to the stormy main : O parent goddess ! since in early bloom , Thy ...
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... tears celestial trickle from her eyes ) Why have I borne thee with a mother's throes , To fates averse , and nurs'd for future woes ? So short a space the light of heaven to view ! So short a space ! and fill'd with sorrow too ! O might ...
... tears celestial trickle from her eyes ) Why have I borne thee with a mother's throes , To fates averse , and nurs'd for future woes ? So short a space the light of heaven to view ! So short a space ! and fill'd with sorrow too ! O might ...
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