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... come , No man may take my life , and when it comes , Nor brave nor coward can escape that day , ' ( Lord Derby ) , and they part , never to meet again . Now Hector challenges the Greeks to put forward one of their chieftains against him ...
... come , No man may take my life , and when it comes , Nor brave nor coward can escape that day , ' ( Lord Derby ) , and they part , never to meet again . Now Hector challenges the Greeks to put forward one of their chieftains against him ...
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... come to the rescue . The Trojans charge the entrenchments , whilst an eagle drops a serpent in the midst of the combatants . Hector makes light of the portent , saying , - ' The best of omens is our country's cause , ' and the balance ...
... come to the rescue . The Trojans charge the entrenchments , whilst an eagle drops a serpent in the midst of the combatants . Hector makes light of the portent , saying , - ' The best of omens is our country's cause , ' and the balance ...
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... comes in turn to all . ' He cannot , however , go forth without armour , and his mother promises that Vulcan shall forge him a suit by to - morrow's dawn . Meanwhile , Iris bids him let the Trojans hear his voice , and , standing on the ...
... comes in turn to all . ' He cannot , however , go forth without armour , and his mother promises that Vulcan shall forge him a suit by to - morrow's dawn . Meanwhile , Iris bids him let the Trojans hear his voice , and , standing on the ...
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... comes to the aid of her favourite . Hector now turns and challenges his foe , at the same time endeavour- ing to make a mutual compact that the dead body of which- soever of them is slain shall be restored to his kindred ; but Achilles ...
... comes to the aid of her favourite . Hector now turns and challenges his foe , at the same time endeavour- ing to make a mutual compact that the dead body of which- soever of them is slain shall be restored to his kindred ; but Achilles ...
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... come to the island inhabited by the Cyclopes , a race of gigantic monsters having one eye only in the centre of their foreheads . One of them , Polyphemus , a son of Neptune , dwelt alone in a cave near the shore , where Ulysses and his ...
... come to the island inhabited by the Cyclopes , a race of gigantic monsters having one eye only in the centre of their foreheads . One of them , Polyphemus , a son of Neptune , dwelt alone in a cave near the shore , where Ulysses and his ...
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