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Page 9
... small night - founder'd skiff Deeming some island , oft , as fea - men tell , With fixed anchor in his skaly rind Moors by his fide under the lee , while night Invests the fea , and wished morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length ...
... small night - founder'd skiff Deeming some island , oft , as fea - men tell , With fixed anchor in his skaly rind Moors by his fide under the lee , while night Invests the fea , and wished morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length ...
Page 19
... small infantry Warr'd on by cranes ; though all the giant brood Of Plegra with th ' heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each fide Mix'd with auxiliar Gods ; and what resounds G In fable or romance of Uther's fon ...
... small infantry Warr'd on by cranes ; though all the giant brood Of Plegra with th ' heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each fide Mix'd with auxiliar Gods ; and what resounds G In fable or romance of Uther's fon ...
Page 28
... small Of prefent pain , that with ambitious mind Wil covet more . With this advantage then To union , and firm faith , and firm accord , More than can be in Heav'n , we now return To clame our just inheritance of old , Surer to profper ...
... small Of prefent pain , that with ambitious mind Wil covet more . With this advantage then To union , and firm faith , and firm accord , More than can be in Heav'n , we now return To clame our just inheritance of old , Surer to profper ...
Page 34
... small , Useful of hurtful , profp'rous of adverse We can create , and in what place so e'er Thrive under evil , and work ease out of pain Through labor and indurance . This deep world Of darkness do we dread ? How oft amidft 260 Thick ...
... small , Useful of hurtful , profp'rous of adverse We can create , and in what place so e'er Thrive under evil , and work ease out of pain Through labor and indurance . This deep world Of darkness do we dread ? How oft amidft 260 Thick ...
Page 44
... small drop to lose In fweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; 605 But fate withstands , and to oppose the attempt 610 Medusa with Gorgonian terror guards The ford , and of itself the water ...
... small drop to lose In fweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; 605 But fate withstands , and to oppose the attempt 610 Medusa with Gorgonian terror guards The ford , and of itself the water ...
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