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... reason , their own course essay , Sharing men's minds . Cities and climes they know , And through the deep sea gorges cleaving way , Wrapt in an ambient vapour , to and fro , Sail in a fearless scorn of scathe or overthrow . ' Worsley ...
... reason , their own course essay , Sharing men's minds . Cities and climes they know , And through the deep sea gorges cleaving way , Wrapt in an ambient vapour , to and fro , Sail in a fearless scorn of scathe or overthrow . ' Worsley ...
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... reasons why , and concludes with the precept that ' blest and fortunate is he who knowingly doeth all with an eye to these days , unblamed by the gods , discern- ing omens , and avoiding transgression . ' Many of Hesiod's adages form ...
... reasons why , and concludes with the precept that ' blest and fortunate is he who knowingly doeth all with an eye to these days , unblamed by the gods , discern- ing omens , and avoiding transgression . ' Many of Hesiod's adages form ...
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... reason steeled , and quells the very soul . ' Elton . Night and day , the firmament , the mountains , and the sea , are then called forth , and the Titans , the Cyclopes , and Oceanus are born . The generations of the various deities ...
... reason steeled , and quells the very soul . ' Elton . Night and day , the firmament , the mountains , and the sea , are then called forth , and the Titans , the Cyclopes , and Oceanus are born . The generations of the various deities ...
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... reasons for the concealment , bidding Creusa seat her son on his grandsire's throne , with a prediction of the fortunes of the Ionian race , and that she shall be the mother of another son by Xuthus , from whom will descend their rivals ...
... reasons for the concealment , bidding Creusa seat her son on his grandsire's throne , with a prediction of the fortunes of the Ionian race , and that she shall be the mother of another son by Xuthus , from whom will descend their rivals ...
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... Teucer with contemptuous insolence . An angry con- tention between them ensues , until Ulysses intervenes as peacemaker , and appeals to Agamemnon's humanity and reason . Then , turning to Teucer , he offers SOPHOCLES . 75.
... Teucer with contemptuous insolence . An angry con- tention between them ensues , until Ulysses intervenes as peacemaker , and appeals to Agamemnon's humanity and reason . Then , turning to Teucer , he offers SOPHOCLES . 75.
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