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Page 152
... Joab there Disdains the mock , and teaches them to fear : He climbs the airy walls , leaps raging down , New - minted shapes of slaughter fill the town : They curse the guards their mirth and bravery chose ; All of them now are slain ...
... Joab there Disdains the mock , and teaches them to fear : He climbs the airy walls , leaps raging down , New - minted shapes of slaughter fill the town : They curse the guards their mirth and bravery chose ; All of them now are slain ...
Page 155
... Joab to relate the story of David ; which he does : his extrac- tion ; his excellency in poesy , and the effects of it in curing Saul's malady . The Philistines ' army encamped at Dammin ; the description of Goliah and his arms ; his ...
... Joab to relate the story of David ; which he does : his extrac- tion ; his excellency in poesy , and the effects of it in curing Saul's malady . The Philistines ' army encamped at Dammin ; the description of Goliah and his arms ; his ...
Page 156
... Joab down ( One to whom David's self must owe his crown ) ; A mighty man , had not some cunning sin , Amidst so many virtues crowded in . With him Abishai came , by whom there fell At once three hundred : with him Asahel ; Asahel ...
... Joab down ( One to whom David's self must owe his crown ) ; A mighty man , had not some cunning sin , Amidst so many virtues crowded in . With him Abishai came , by whom there fell At once three hundred : with him Asahel ; Asahel ...
Page 157
... Joab there , And much he tells , and much desires to hear ; He tells deeds antique , and the new desires Of David much , and much of Saul , inquires . Nay gentle guest ! " said he , " since now you're in , 66 The story of your gallant ...
... Joab there , And much he tells , and much desires to hear ; He tells deeds antique , and the new desires Of David much , and much of Saul , inquires . Nay gentle guest ! " said he , " since now you're in , 66 The story of your gallant ...
Page 158
... Joab thus began : - " His birth , great sir ! so much to mine is ty'd , That praise of that might look from me like pride : Yet , without boast , his veins contain a flood Of th ' old Judean lion's richest blood . From Judah Pharez ...
... Joab thus began : - " His birth , great sir ! so much to mine is ty'd , That praise of that might look from me like pride : Yet , without boast , his veins contain a flood Of th ' old Judean lion's richest blood . From Judah Pharez ...
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