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... young hero , on his arrival , the armour of his father - his own much- valued prize . In that armour Neoptolemus led the Greeks to the storm and sack of the city by night , while the Trojans were either asleep or holding deep carousal ...
... young hero , on his arrival , the armour of his father - his own much- valued prize . In that armour Neoptolemus led the Greeks to the storm and sack of the city by night , while the Trojans were either asleep or holding deep carousal ...
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... young son Telemachus , now growing up to manhood , keep weary watch for the hero's return . There is , moreover , a twofold trouble in the house . It is not only anxiety for an absent husband , but the perplexity caused by a crowd of ...
... young son Telemachus , now growing up to manhood , keep weary watch for the hero's return . There is , moreover , a twofold trouble in the house . It is not only anxiety for an absent husband , but the perplexity caused by a crowd of ...
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... young , apparently , to assert his rights as master of the house on his own or his mother's behalf . If the picture be true to the life- and there is no good reason to suppose it otherwise— we must assume an age of rude licence even in ...
... young , apparently , to assert his rights as master of the house on his own or his mother's behalf . If the picture be true to the life- and there is no good reason to suppose it otherwise— we must assume an age of rude licence even in ...
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... young prince's character ; but his father Ulysses saw them plainly . For thus it is he speaks , at a later period of the tale , under his disguise of a mendicant : - " Had I but youth as I have heart , or were The blameless brave ...
... young prince's character ; but his father Ulysses saw them plainly . For thus it is he speaks , at a later period of the tale , under his disguise of a mendicant : - " Had I but youth as I have heart , or were The blameless brave ...
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... young prince sits thus , an unwilling host in his father's hall , meditating , says the poet , whether or no some day that father may return suddenly and take vengeance on these invaders of his rights , against whom he himself seems ...
... young prince sits thus , an unwilling host in his father's hall , meditating , says the poet , whether or no some day that father may return suddenly and take vengeance on these invaders of his rights , against whom he himself seems ...
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Page 124 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
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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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