The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. By Samuel Johnson. ...J. Moore, No. 45, College-Green, 1801 - English poetry |
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... fight , The fpoils of Ilion fhall thy lofs requite , Whene'er by Jove's decree our conquering powers 165 Shall humble to the duft her lofty towers . Then thus the king . Shall I my prize refign With tame content , and thou poffett of ...
... fight , The fpoils of Ilion fhall thy lofs requite , Whene'er by Jove's decree our conquering powers 165 Shall humble to the duft her lofty towers . Then thus the king . Shall I my prize refign With tame content , and thou poffett of ...
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... fight , And thus commands the vifion of the night : Fly hence , deluding Dream ! and , light as air , To Agamemnon's ample tent repair . Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , Lead all his Grecians to the dusty plain ...
... fight , And thus commands the vifion of the night : Fly hence , deluding Dream ! and , light as air , To Agamemnon's ample tent repair . Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , Lead all his Grecians to the dusty plain ...
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... fight . 575 ( We wretched mortals ! loft in doubts below , But guefs by rumour , and but boast we know ) Oh , fay what heroes , fir'd by thirft of fame , Or urg'd by wrongs , to Troy's deftruction came ? To count them all , demands a ...
... fight . 575 ( We wretched mortals ! loft in doubts below , But guefs by rumour , and but boast we know ) Oh , fay what heroes , fir'd by thirft of fame , Or urg'd by wrongs , to Troy's deftruction came ? To count them all , demands a ...
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... fight . Of those who round Mæonia's realms refide , Or whom the vales in fhades of Tiolus hide , Mefties and Antiphus the charge partake ; Born on the banks of Gyges ' filent lake . There , from the fields where wild Meander flows ...
... fight . Of those who round Mæonia's realms refide , Or whom the vales in fhades of Tiolus hide , Mefties and Antiphus the charge partake ; Born on the banks of Gyges ' filent lake . There , from the fields where wild Meander flows ...
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... fight , and only wait command ; When , to the van , before the fons of fame Whom Troy fent forth , the beauteous Paris came , 25 In form a God ! the panther's fpeckled hide Flow'd o'er his armour with an eaty pride , His bended bow ...
... fight , and only wait command ; When , to the van , before the fons of fame Whom Troy fent forth , the beauteous Paris came , 25 In form a God ! the panther's fpeckled hide Flow'd o'er his armour with an eaty pride , His bended bow ...
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