The Works of VirgilG. Bell, 1891 - 404 pages |
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... say for what stake you will contend against me . M. I dare not stake any thing with thee from the flock : for I have a sire at home , I have a harsh step - dame : and twice a - day both of them number the cattle , and one the kids . But ...
... say for what stake you will contend against me . M. I dare not stake any thing with thee from the flock : for I have a sire at home , I have a harsh step - dame : and twice a - day both of them number the cattle , and one the kids . But ...
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... say , that he meant to allude to a certain Cœlius , a spendthrift at Mantua , who , having run through al ! that he possessed , retained merely enough ground for a sepulchre ; and that this very sepulchre , embracing about three ells in ...
... say , that he meant to allude to a certain Cœlius , a spendthrift at Mantua , who , having run through al ! that he possessed , retained merely enough ground for a sepulchre ; and that this very sepulchre , embracing about three ells in ...
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... says , Why do ye fasten these bonds ? Loose me , swains it is enough that I have suffered myself to be seen . Hear the song which you desire : the song for you ; for her I shall find another reward . At the same time he begins . Then ...
... says , Why do ye fasten these bonds ? Loose me , swains it is enough that I have suffered myself to be seen . Hear the song which you desire : the song for you ; for her I shall find another reward . At the same time he begins . Then ...
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... say , will that day ever come , when I shall be indulged to sing thy deeds ? say , shall it come that I may be indulged to diffuse over the world thy verses , which alone merit com- parison with Sophocles'4 lofty style ? With thee my ...
... say , will that day ever come , when I shall be indulged to sing thy deeds ? say , shall it come that I may be indulged to diffuse over the world thy verses , which alone merit com- parison with Sophocles'4 lofty style ? With thee my ...
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... say what Alphesibous We cannot all do all things . sung . A. Bring forth the water , and bind these altars with a soft fillet : burn thereon oily vervain and male13 frankincense , that I may try , by sacred magic spells , to dispossess ...
... say what Alphesibous We cannot all do all things . sung . A. Bring forth the water , and bind these altars with a soft fillet : burn thereon oily vervain and male13 frankincense , that I may try , by sacred magic spells , to dispossess ...
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