The Works of VirgilG. Bell, 1891 - 404 pages |
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... pursued such vile embraces of a beast , however they might dread the plough about their necks , and often feel for horns on their smooth foreheads . Ah , ill - fated maid , thou now art roaming on the mountains ! He , resting his snowy ...
... pursued such vile embraces of a beast , however they might dread the plough about their necks , and often feel for horns on their smooth foreheads . Ah , ill - fated maid , thou now art roaming on the mountains ! He , resting his snowy ...
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... pursuing claws : the fiery Scorpion himself al- ready contracts his arms and leaves for thee more than an equal proportion of the sky . Whatever thou wilt be , ( for let not Tartarus expect thee for its king , nor let such dire lust of ...
... pursuing claws : the fiery Scorpion himself al- ready contracts his arms and leaves for thee more than an equal proportion of the sky . Whatever thou wilt be , ( for let not Tartarus expect thee for its king , nor let such dire lust of ...
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... pursue the long - eared hares ; and whirling the hempen thongs of the Balearian 45 sling , to pierce the does , when the snow lies deep , when the rivers hurtle down the ice . Why should I speak of the storms 46 and constellations of ...
... pursue the long - eared hares ; and whirling the hempen thongs of the Balearian 45 sling , to pierce the does , when the snow lies deep , when the rivers hurtle down the ice . Why should I speak of the storms 46 and constellations of ...
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... pursue with me this task begun , and flying set sail on this sea , now opening wide . I choose not to comprise all matters in my verse , even if I had a hundred tongues , a hundred mouths , and an iron voice ; be present , and coast ...
... pursue with me this task begun , and flying set sail on this sea , now opening wide . I choose not to comprise all matters in my verse , even if I had a hundred tongues , a hundred mouths , and an iron voice ; be present , and coast ...
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... pursuing its way , reigns victorious among the branches and the lofty tops , involves the whole grove in flames , and , condensed in pitchy vapour , darts the black cloud to heaven ; especially if a storm overhead rests on the woods ...
... pursuing its way , reigns victorious among the branches and the lofty tops , involves the whole grove in flames , and , condensed in pitchy vapour , darts the black cloud to heaven ; especially if a storm overhead rests on the woods ...
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