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... brings fire and sword to the tents of his Myrmidons . Agamemnon holds a midnight council , and Diomed volunteers to reconnoitre the Trojan lines , with Ulysses as his comrade . Hector con- ceives a similar idea , and Dolon undertakes ...
... brings fire and sword to the tents of his Myrmidons . Agamemnon holds a midnight council , and Diomed volunteers to reconnoitre the Trojan lines , with Ulysses as his comrade . Hector con- ceives a similar idea , and Dolon undertakes ...
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... bringing Ulysses , disguised again in mean apparel , to the palace , and on their way they are met by the goatherd , Melanthius , who has gone over to his master's enemies , and spurns the old man with his foot ; but at the gates he is ...
... bringing Ulysses , disguised again in mean apparel , to the palace , and on their way they are met by the goatherd , Melanthius , who has gone over to his master's enemies , and spurns the old man with his foot ; but at the gates he is ...
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... brings forth Ulysses ' bow , and will accept whichever of them can send an arrow through the rings of twelve axe - heads , as he was wont to do . Telemachus makes the first attempt , but , at a sign from his father , professes himself ...
... brings forth Ulysses ' bow , and will accept whichever of them can send an arrow through the rings of twelve axe - heads , as he was wont to do . Telemachus makes the first attempt , but , at a sign from his father , professes himself ...
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... brings notes ' shrill and sweet as the voice of the swallow ' from the tight - strained string , and , fitting an arrow ... bring it forth from our bridal chamber . ' But it consisted of the stem of an olive tree , rooted in the ground ...
... brings notes ' shrill and sweet as the voice of the swallow ' from the tight - strained string , and , fitting an arrow ... bring it forth from our bridal chamber . ' But it consisted of the stem of an olive tree , rooted in the ground ...
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... brings the bearer pain , And is not lightly shaken off ; nor dies The rumour that from many lips doth rise , But , like a god , all end of time defies . ' Davies . The remainder of the poem consists of a calendar of the lucky and ...
... brings the bearer pain , And is not lightly shaken off ; nor dies The rumour that from many lips doth rise , But , like a god , all end of time defies . ' Davies . The remainder of the poem consists of a calendar of the lucky and ...
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