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That , in the fifth canto of the first book , wherein Duesa follicits she aid of Night to convey the wounded Pagan to the realms below , for Æfculapius to cure him , has been much admired , as indeed have most of his other episodes ...
That , in the fifth canto of the first book , wherein Duesa follicits she aid of Night to convey the wounded Pagan to the realms below , for Æfculapius to cure him , has been much admired , as indeed have most of his other episodes ...
Page 304
From hence , when gloomy night succeeds the day , Her husband seems to summon her away . Perch'd on the roof the bird of night complainsy , In one fad length of melancholy strains ; Now dire predictions rack her mind , foretold : By ...
From hence , when gloomy night succeeds the day , Her husband seems to summon her away . Perch'd on the roof the bird of night complainsy , In one fad length of melancholy strains ; Now dire predictions rack her mind , foretold : By ...
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... numbers of their enemies : but Diodorus Siculus , Plutarch , and others maintain , that the Grecians attacked the camp of Xerxes in the night , where they few great numbers and put Xerxes to flight before they were surrounded .
... numbers of their enemies : but Diodorus Siculus , Plutarch , and others maintain , that the Grecians attacked the camp of Xerxes in the night , where they few great numbers and put Xerxes to flight before they were surrounded .
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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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