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... Young readers will find the book a very entertaining companion .'- Bookseller . ' The idea is a good one , and it has been exceedingly well carried out . ' --Rock . ' Almost the entire range of Greek and Latin literature is covered by ...
... Young readers will find the book a very entertaining companion .'- Bookseller . ' The idea is a good one , and it has been exceedingly well carried out . ' --Rock . ' Almost the entire range of Greek and Latin literature is covered by ...
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... young students , and , it is to be hoped , lead them to seek a fuller acquaintance with the great originals .'- Daily Chronicle . ' The amount of information conveyed in the volume is enormous , and so agreeably arranged as to stimulate ...
... young students , and , it is to be hoped , lead them to seek a fuller acquaintance with the great originals .'- Daily Chronicle . ' The amount of information conveyed in the volume is enormous , and so agreeably arranged as to stimulate ...
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... young men are not what they were in his earlier days . Nine leaders offer themselves , and Ajax being chosen by lot , he and Hector fight valiantly till dusk . Then there is a truce to bury the dead , and the Trojans , being dispirited ...
... young men are not what they were in his earlier days . Nine leaders offer themselves , and Ajax being chosen by lot , he and Hector fight valiantly till dusk . Then there is a truce to bury the dead , and the Trojans , being dispirited ...
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... young prince , is met with jeers . Tele- machus wanders to the sea shore to vent his grief and pray to Minerva , who provides a ship and crew for his voyage , and , in the form of Mentor , sits beside him in the stern when he embarks at ...
... young prince , is met with jeers . Tele- machus wanders to the sea shore to vent his grief and pray to Minerva , who provides a ship and crew for his voyage , and , in the form of Mentor , sits beside him in the stern when he embarks at ...
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... young chief his seat ; but he will not displace an old man though he be clad in rags , and , having taken some food , would know the stranger's history . Eumæus having repeated what Ulysses has told him , is sent by Telemachus to ...
... young chief his seat ; but he will not displace an old man though he be clad in rags , and , having taken some food , would know the stranger's history . Eumæus having repeated what Ulysses has told him , is sent by Telemachus to ...
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