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... Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , unburied on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore , Since first Atrides and Achilles strove ; Such was the sovereign doom ...
... Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , unburied on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore , Since first Atrides and Achilles strove ; Such was the sovereign doom ...
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... joint assent declare The priest to reverence , and release the fair . Not so Atrides ; he , with kingly pride , Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus replied . " He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 261.
... joint assent declare The priest to reverence , and release the fair . Not so Atrides ; he , with kingly pride , Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus replied . " He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 261.
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... Atrides Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus replied . [ Not so the tyrant . DRYDEN . ] Of these lines , and of the whole first book , I am told that there was yet a former copy , more varied , and more deformed with interlineations ...
... Atrides Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus replied . [ Not so the tyrant . DRYDEN . ] Of these lines , and of the whole first book , I am told that there was yet a former copy , more varied , and more deformed with interlineations ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
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