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... wretch , and thus replies : " Peace , factious monster , born to vex the state , With wrangling talents formed for foul debate ; blows . " Silence , base slave ! and to thy betters yield , Dolt , as thou art , in council and in field ...
... wretch , and thus replies : " Peace , factious monster , born to vex the state , With wrangling talents formed for foul debate ; blows . " Silence , base slave ! and to thy betters yield , Dolt , as thou art , in council and in field ...
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... Wretch that I am ! what farther fates attend This life of toils , and what my destin'd end ? Too well alas ! the island goddess knew , On the black sea what perils should ensue . New horrors now this destin'd head enclose ; Unfill'd is ...
... Wretch that I am ! what farther fates attend This life of toils , and what my destin'd end ? Too well alas ! the island goddess knew , On the black sea what perils should ensue . New horrors now this destin'd head enclose ; Unfill'd is ...
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... wretch , who liv'd in heaven's de- spite , Contemning laws , and trampling on the right . The cave we found , but vacant all within , ( His flock the giant tended on the green ) But round the grot we gaze , and all we view In order rang ...
... wretch , who liv'd in heaven's de- spite , Contemning laws , and trampling on the right . The cave we found , but vacant all within , ( His flock the giant tended on the green ) But round the grot we gaze , and all we view In order rang ...
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... wretch , of mean design , Who not by strength subdued me , but by wine . But come , accept our gifts , and join to pray Great Neptune ' blessing on the wat'ry way : For his I am , and I the lineage own ; Th ' immortal father no less ...
... wretch , of mean design , Who not by strength subdued me , but by wine . But come , accept our gifts , and join to pray Great Neptune ' blessing on the wat'ry way : For his I am , and I the lineage own ; Th ' immortal father no less ...
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... wretch forgiven- Forgive him not , indignant heaven ! Whose grovelling eyes could first adore , Whose heart could pant for sordid ore . Since that devoted thirst began , Man has forgot to feel for man ; The pulse of social life is dead ...
... wretch forgiven- Forgive him not , indignant heaven ! Whose grovelling eyes could first adore , Whose heart could pant for sordid ore . Since that devoted thirst began , Man has forgot to feel for man ; The pulse of social life is dead ...
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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