The Iliad and Odyssey [and The battle of the frogs and mice] tr. into Engl. blank verse by W. Cowper, Volume 31809 |
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... it in Italy . - B . & C. Strabo observes of this last , that if in Homer's time it was famous for workers in brass , it has since ceased to be so.-C. Nor prophet , I yet trust shall come to pass ODYSSEY I. 226-246 . 11.
... it in Italy . - B . & C. Strabo observes of this last , that if in Homer's time it was famous for workers in brass , it has since ceased to be so.-C. Nor prophet , I yet trust shall come to pass ODYSSEY I. 226-246 . 11.
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Homerus. Nor prophet , I yet trust shall come to pass . He shall not , henceforth , live an exile long From his own shores ; no , not although in bands Of iron held , but will erelong contrive His own return ; for in expedients , fram'd ...
Homerus. Nor prophet , I yet trust shall come to pass . He shall not , henceforth , live an exile long From his own shores ; no , not although in bands Of iron held , but will erelong contrive His own return ; for in expedients , fram'd ...
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... passing wise . To whom Telemachus discreet replied : Ah Mentor ! how can I advance , how greet * In Pylus were nine cities , and each city had a seat or bench appropriated to it.-B. & C. They are said to taste them only , because they ...
... passing wise . To whom Telemachus discreet replied : Ah Mentor ! how can I advance , how greet * In Pylus were nine cities , and each city had a seat or bench appropriated to it.-B. & C. They are said to taste them only , because they ...
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... pass over to each other , inclined to piracy , and were conducted in their expeditions of that sort by the principal men of their country , animated by a desire to enrich themselves , and to procure sustenance for the weaker . They ...
... pass over to each other , inclined to piracy , and were conducted in their expeditions of that sort by the principal men of their country , animated by a desire to enrich themselves , and to procure sustenance for the weaker . They ...
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... , of wedlock never more . Then answer thus Telemachus return'd : O Nestor ! never shall I see fulfill'd That word of thine ; it passes all belief , All hope , and overwhelms me with amaze ; No 64 ODYSSEY III . 264-289 .
... , of wedlock never more . Then answer thus Telemachus return'd : O Nestor ! never shall I see fulfill'd That word of thine ; it passes all belief , All hope , and overwhelms me with amaze ; No 64 ODYSSEY III . 264-289 .
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abode Achaia's Ægisthus Alcinous ancient Antilochus Antinoüs approach'd arriv'd Atrides bade banquet bard bark behold beneath beside call'd Calypso ceas'd charg'd chief Circe Clytemnestra crew Cyclops daughter death Deep Demodocus divine dread Eurylochus Eurymachus Eustathius ev'ry eyes falchion father feast fill'd flocks flood friends galley Goddess godlike Gods Greecians guest hands hast hath heart Heav'n herald hero Homer Icarius Ilium illustrious immortal isle Ithaca Jove king Laertes land Laodamas length lest libation Lotophagi Mean-time Menelaus Minerva native shores Nausicaa Neleus Neptune Nestor night noble num'rous nymph o'er oars once palace Pallas pass'd Penelope perish'd Phæacia's sons Phæacians Pisistratus plac'd poet pow'r pray'r prepar'd Pylus reach'd receiv'd renown'd replied return'd rock sable saying seiz'd ship side sire slain sleep slew sorrow Sov'reign spake stood stranger suitors Telemachus thee thence thine thou shalt thyself Tiresias toils Troy Ulysses urg'd waves wine woes youth