Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 143
... gods would claim thy fword . Hip . Amazement ! death ! Heav'ns ! durft I raise the far - fam'd fword of Againft his queen , against my mother's bofom ? Thef . If not , declare when , where , and how you loft it ? [ filent How Phædra ...
... gods would claim thy fword . Hip . Amazement ! death ! Heav'ns ! durft I raise the far - fam'd fword of Againft his queen , against my mother's bofom ? Thef . If not , declare when , where , and how you loft it ? [ filent How Phædra ...
Page 154
... gods , ye gods , For fuch another honour ! Ant . Come on , my foldier ; Our hearts and arms are ftill the fame . I long Once more to meet our foes ; that thou and I , Like Time and Death , marching before our troops , May tafte fate to ...
... gods , ye gods , For fuch another honour ! Ant . Come on , my foldier ; Our hearts and arms are ftill the fame . I long Once more to meet our foes ; that thou and I , Like Time and Death , marching before our troops , May tafte fate to ...
Page 160
... gods . Brut . O Titus ! Oh thou abfolute young man ! Thou flatt'ring mirror of thy father's image , Where I behold myfelf at fuch advantage ! Thou perfect glory of the Junian race ! Let me endear thee once more to my bosom , Groan an ...
... gods . Brut . O Titus ! Oh thou abfolute young man ! Thou flatt'ring mirror of thy father's image , Where I behold myfelf at fuch advantage ! Thou perfect glory of the Junian race ! Let me endear thee once more to my bosom , Groan an ...
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