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The reflexion that they had fought bravely , and gained honour by the action , tho ' they had the misfortune to be bcaten , is another alleviation of his distress . He that is valiant , and dares fight , Tho ' drubb'd , can lose no ...
The reflexion that they had fought bravely , and gained honour by the action , tho ' they had the misfortune to be bcaten , is another alleviation of his distress . He that is valiant , and dares fight , Tho ' drubb'd , can lose no ...
Page 152
... when , after singing hymns in honour of their gods and heroes , they usually .diverted themselves with jocose and fatyrical songs , and reciting or acting characters that were either vicious or full of foible , in order to render ...
... when , after singing hymns in honour of their gods and heroes , they usually .diverted themselves with jocose and fatyrical songs , and reciting or acting characters that were either vicious or full of foible , in order to render ...
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Should such report thy honour'd person here , The king of men the ransom might defer ; But say with speed , if ought ... If then thy will permit ( the monarch faidy To finish all due honours to the dead , This , of thy grace accord : to ...
Should such report thy honour'd person here , The king of men the ransom might defer ; But say with speed , if ought ... If then thy will permit ( the monarch faidy To finish all due honours to the dead , This , of thy grace accord : to ...
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| Title | 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 ... 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 International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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