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... living in sad retirement on his farm ; and , while he seems yet incredulous , his son reminds him how , when a child , he had given him for his very own , ' a certain number of fruit trees , which he enumerates ; a token which is ...
... living in sad retirement on his farm ; and , while he seems yet incredulous , his son reminds him how , when a child , he had given him for his very own , ' a certain number of fruit trees , which he enumerates ; a token which is ...
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... living in the public palaces at Argos , and sing good wishes to their new country in a final ode . THE PERSIAN S. THE scene is laid in Susa , the Persian capital . The Chorus , who are the state councillors of the Great King , sing a ...
... living in the public palaces at Argos , and sing good wishes to their new country in a final ode . THE PERSIAN S. THE scene is laid in Susa , the Persian capital . The Chorus , who are the state councillors of the Great King , sing a ...
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... living , who so worthy of all honour ? ' He describes most graphically the sufferings of the besieging host ; but , ' why grieve for the dead ? the living only fickle fortune can afflict . ' The queen comes forward and pretends she has ...
... living , who so worthy of all honour ? ' He describes most graphically the sufferings of the besieging host ; but , ' why grieve for the dead ? the living only fickle fortune can afflict . ' The queen comes forward and pretends she has ...
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... Living in the days of Salamis and Platea , the prin- cipal subject of his history is the overthrow of the Persian armada , by which event the western world generally escaped being orientalised , probably for ever , and the freedom and ...
... Living in the days of Salamis and Platea , the prin- cipal subject of his history is the overthrow of the Persian armada , by which event the western world generally escaped being orientalised , probably for ever , and the freedom and ...
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... living death ? ' He replies he has been fast bound to the wheel of necessity , and that Apollo has prompted his act . Creon now enters , and Edipus begs that Jocasta may be buried as a king's daughter , that he may be lodged in some ...
... living death ? ' He replies he has been fast bound to the wheel of necessity , and that Apollo has prompted his act . Creon now enters , and Edipus begs that Jocasta may be buried as a king's daughter , that he may be lodged in some ...
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