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... KING'S COLLEGE . SECOND EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . GRIFFITH & FARRAN , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , WEST CORNER , ST . PAUL'S CHURCHYARD , LONDON . E. P. DUTTON & CO . , NEW YORK . -MDCCCLXXXI . [ The Rights of Reproduction ...
... KING'S COLLEGE . SECOND EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . GRIFFITH & FARRAN , SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS , WEST CORNER , ST . PAUL'S CHURCHYARD , LONDON . E. P. DUTTON & CO . , NEW YORK . -MDCCCLXXXI . [ The Rights of Reproduction ...
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... King of Sparta , by Paris , the son of Priam , King of Troy ; the outraged Monarch's appeal to his brother Aga- memnon , King of Argos and Mycena ; the preparations throughout Greece for the invasion of Troas ; the sailing of a fleet of ...
... King of Sparta , by Paris , the son of Priam , King of Troy ; the outraged Monarch's appeal to his brother Aga- memnon , King of Argos and Mycena ; the preparations throughout Greece for the invasion of Troas ; the sailing of a fleet of ...
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... king of men ' assembles his council , and , to test the temper of the army , proposes , before leading them to the ... king's sceptre and awes the crowd . Thersites alone raises his voice in defiance , - ' The ugliest man was he that ...
... king of men ' assembles his council , and , to test the temper of the army , proposes , before leading them to the ... king's sceptre and awes the crowd . Thersites alone raises his voice in defiance , - ' The ugliest man was he that ...
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... king and twelve of his warriors as they sleep , and carry off their snow - white steeds . Next morning the battle is renewed , and the Greeks are very hard pressed ; Achilles sends his man Patroclus to learn how they are faring , and ...
... king and twelve of his warriors as they sleep , and carry off their snow - white steeds . Next morning the battle is renewed , and the Greeks are very hard pressed ; Achilles sends his man Patroclus to learn how they are faring , and ...
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... king , mutu- ally admitting themselves to blame , are reconciled . Ulysses urges the need of a substantial meal for the army , from which Achilles sits apart , but is sustained by Minerva 8 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... king , mutu- ally admitting themselves to blame , are reconciled . Ulysses urges the need of a substantial meal for the army , from which Achilles sits apart , but is sustained by Minerva 8 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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