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Great as thou art , and like a God in fight , Think not to rob me of a foldier's right . At thy demand fhall I restore the maid ? First let the juft equivalent be paid ; Such as a King might afk ; and let it be A treasure worthy her ...
Great as thou art , and like a God in fight , Think not to rob me of a foldier's right . At thy demand fhall I restore the maid ? First let the juft equivalent be paid ; Such as a King might afk ; and let it be A treasure worthy her ...
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When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 * . 298. Thou dog in forehead . ] It has been one of the objections against the manners of Homer's Heroes , that they are abufive .
When wert thou known in ambush'd fights to dare , Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 * . 298. Thou dog in forehead . ] It has been one of the objections against the manners of Homer's Heroes , that they are abufive .
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Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endu'd with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? 359 With thefe of old to toils of battle bred ...
Lives there a chief to match Pirithous ' fame , Dryas the bold , or Ceneus ' deathless name ; Thefeus , endu'd with more than mortal might , Or Polyphemus , like the Gods in fight ? 359 With thefe of old to toils of battle bred ...
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| Title | The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1 The Iliad of Homer, Alexander Pope |
| Author | Homer |
| Translated by | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | Charles Rivington, 1760 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Aug 25, 2006 |
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