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... leave the city to her will . She accordingly sends Minerva to incite the Trojans to break the truce by tempting Pandarus to aim at Menelaus . The goddess , however , turns the arrow aside , ' As when a mother from her infant's cheek ...
... leave the city to her will . She accordingly sends Minerva to incite the Trojans to break the truce by tempting Pandarus to aim at Menelaus . The goddess , however , turns the arrow aside , ' As when a mother from her infant's cheek ...
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... leaves , so also of mankind . As the leaves fall , now withering in the wind , And others are put forth , and spring descends , Such on the earth the race of men we find ; Each in his order a set time attends , - One generation rises ...
... leaves , so also of mankind . As the leaves fall , now withering in the wind , And others are put forth , and spring descends , Such on the earth the race of men we find ; Each in his order a set time attends , - One generation rises ...
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... leaves him , and Minerva comes to the aid of her favourite . Hector now turns and challenges his foe , at the same ... leaving his body so long unburied . Next day the funeral pile is built , and the burial rites are celebrated , twelve ...
... leaves him , and Minerva comes to the aid of her favourite . Hector now turns and challenges his foe , at the same ... leaving his body so long unburied . Next day the funeral pile is built , and the burial rites are celebrated , twelve ...
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... leave her , whilst he is apparently more desirous to see his home again than his wife . He sets sail , but Neptune , who is still angry with him , wrecks his boat and leaves him clinging to a spar . A sea - nymph , Ino , comes to his ...
... leave her , whilst he is apparently more desirous to see his home again than his wife . He sets sail , but Neptune , who is still angry with him , wrecks his boat and leaves him clinging to a spar . A sea - nymph , Ino , comes to his ...
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... leave of his Phæacian hosts , loaded with gifts , and is conveyed in one of their magic galleys to Ithaca , where he is landed sound asleep , and left under an olive tree . On waking he fails to recognise his native land until Minerva ...
... leave of his Phæacian hosts , loaded with gifts , and is conveyed in one of their magic galleys to Ithaca , where he is landed sound asleep , and left under an olive tree . On waking he fails to recognise his native land until Minerva ...
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