The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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... person , gave attendance great . She having hong upon a bough on high Her bow and painted quiver , had unlac'd Her filver buskins from her nimble thigh , And her lank loins ungirt , and breafts unbrac'd , After her heat the breathing ...
... person , gave attendance great . She having hong upon a bough on high Her bow and painted quiver , had unlac'd Her filver buskins from her nimble thigh , And her lank loins ungirt , and breafts unbrac'd , After her heat the breathing ...
Page 147
... person who receives it . Honour in the breech is lodg'd , As wife philofophers have judg'd , Because a kick in that part more Hurts honour , than deep wounds before . Who can forbear fmiling at that found and falutary rea- foning ...
... person who receives it . Honour in the breech is lodg'd , As wife philofophers have judg'd , Because a kick in that part more Hurts honour , than deep wounds before . Who can forbear fmiling at that found and falutary rea- foning ...
Page 225
... person can make no ufe of his force . Achil les was here drawn into a dilemma , from which he could not extricate himself , and was , in a manner , conftrained to behave as he did . Had Priam's fituation been lefs af- fecting , or the ...
... person can make no ufe of his force . Achil les was here drawn into a dilemma , from which he could not extricate himself , and was , in a manner , conftrained to behave as he did . Had Priam's fituation been lefs af- fecting , or the ...
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