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O foul of battels , and thy people's guide ! ( To Ajax thus the firft of Greeks reply'd ) Well haft thou fpoke ; but at the tyrant's name My rage rekindles , and my foul's on flame : ' Tis juft refentment , and becomes the brave ...
O foul of battels , and thy people's guide ! ( To Ajax thus the firft of Greeks reply'd ) Well haft thou fpoke ; but at the tyrant's name My rage rekindles , and my foul's on flame : ' Tis juft refentment , and becomes the brave ...
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... which immediately calls up reafon to its aid ; but the eloquence of tears , and a defponding mournful attitude , which fhews a man o'erwhelm'd with wretchednefs , makes its way directly to the heart , foftens the foul with pity and ...
... which immediately calls up reafon to its aid ; but the eloquence of tears , and a defponding mournful attitude , which fhews a man o'erwhelm'd with wretchednefs , makes its way directly to the heart , foftens the foul with pity and ...
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Wife is thy foul , but man is born to bear : Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales , And the good fuffers , while the bad prevails : Bear , with a foul refign'd , the will of Jove ; Who breathes , must mourn : thy woes are from ...
Wife is thy foul , but man is born to bear : Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales , And the good fuffers , while the bad prevails : Bear , with a foul refign'd , the will of Jove ; Who breathes , must mourn : thy woes are from ...
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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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