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... Eumæus . Eumæus is one of the most characteristic personages in the poem , and has given the most trouble to the poet's various critics . He occupies a sort of forester's lodge in the woods , where the vast herds of swine be- longing to ...
... Eumæus . Eumæus is one of the most characteristic personages in the poem , and has given the most trouble to the poet's various critics . He occupies a sort of forester's lodge in the woods , where the vast herds of swine be- longing to ...
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... Eumæus , indeed , turns out to be himself of princely birth - stolen in his childhood by a treacherous nurse from the island where his father was king , sold by Phoenician merchants to Laertes in Ithaca , and brought up in his household ...
... Eumæus , indeed , turns out to be himself of princely birth - stolen in his childhood by a treacherous nurse from the island where his father was king , sold by Phoenician merchants to Laertes in Ithaca , and brought up in his household ...
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... Eumæus entertains the stranger right hospitably- warning him , at the same time , not to pretend , as others have often done in the hope of reward , to bring tidings of the lost Ulysses . His guest's own story he will be glad to hear ...
... Eumæus entertains the stranger right hospitably- warning him , at the same time , not to pretend , as others have often done in the hope of reward , to bring tidings of the lost Ulysses . His guest's own story he will be glad to hear ...
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... Eumæus provides his guest with some warm coverings and a place near the fire ; but he himself will not sleep so far from his charge . Wrapped in a mighty wind- proof cloak , he takes up his quarters for the night under the shelter of a ...
... Eumæus provides his guest with some warm coverings and a place near the fire ; but he himself will not sleep so far from his charge . Wrapped in a mighty wind- proof cloak , he takes up his quarters for the night under the shelter of a ...
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... Eumæus himself , in his delight at the meeting , drops from his hands the bowl of wine which he was carefully mixing as a morning draught for his disguised guest , and falls on his young lord's neck , kissing him , and weeping tears of ...
... Eumæus himself , in his delight at the meeting , drops from his hands the bowl of wine which he was carefully mixing as a morning draught for his disguised guest , and falls on his young lord's neck , kissing him , and weeping tears of ...
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Page 124 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and, sitting well in order, smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
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