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Page 143
It had an odd promiscuous tone , As if he calk'd three parts in one ; Which made some think , when he did gabble , They heard three labourers of Babel , Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leası of languages at once .
It had an odd promiscuous tone , As if he calk'd three parts in one ; Which made some think , when he did gabble , They heard three labourers of Babel , Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leası of languages at once .
Page 302
Once more she flies to pray'rs and tears , to move Th ' obdurate prince ; and anger melts to love ; Tries all her suppliant female arts again Before her death ; but tries ...
Once more she flies to pray'rs and tears , to move Th ' obdurate prince ; and anger melts to love ; Tries all her suppliant female arts again Before her death ; but tries ...
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... Hovering a pace , till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air : So frownd the mighty combatants , that hell Grew darker at their frown ; so match'd they stood ; For never but once more was either like To meet ...
... Hovering a pace , till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air : So frownd the mighty combatants , that hell Grew darker at their frown ; so match'd they stood ; For never but once more was either like To meet ...
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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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