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A dreary corfe , whofe life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own yet lukewarm blood , That from his wound yet welled fresh , alas ; In which a ruly knife fast fixed stood , And made an open paffage for the gushing flood Which piteous ...
A dreary corfe , whofe life away did pass , All wallow'd in his own yet lukewarm blood , That from his wound yet welled fresh , alas ; In which a ruly knife fast fixed stood , And made an open paffage for the gushing flood Which piteous ...
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... the greater punishment ; All thofe great battles which thou boasts to win , Through itrife , and blood shed , and avengement , Now prais'd , hereafter dear thou shalt repent : For , life muft life , and blood muft blood repay .
... the greater punishment ; All thofe great battles which thou boasts to win , Through itrife , and blood shed , and avengement , Now prais'd , hereafter dear thou shalt repent : For , life muft life , and blood muft blood repay .
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What an unphilofophical explication has he given us of its raining droops of blood ! We shall infert it in his own words- " These prodigies , with which Homer embel- 66 lithes his poetry , are the fame , fays he , with those " which ...
What an unphilofophical explication has he given us of its raining droops of blood ! We shall infert it in his own words- " These prodigies , with which Homer embel- 66 lithes his poetry , are the fame , fays he , with those " which ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2 The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, John Newbery Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029955, 9780576029957 |
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