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... gods for his good fortune . " Black - P. - Seller . Hallo ! what is it ? Demosth . O thrice blest of mortals ! Who art nought to - day , but shall be first to - morrow ! Hail , Chief that shall be of our glorious Athens ! B.-P.-S ...
... gods for his good fortune . " Black - P. - Seller . Hallo ! what is it ? Demosth . O thrice blest of mortals ! Who art nought to - day , but shall be first to - morrow ! Hail , Chief that shall be of our glorious Athens ! B.-P.-S ...
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... gods besides . Nay , never fear ; you shall not see his features ; For very cowardice , the mask - makers Flatly refused to mould them . Ne'ertheless , He will be known , —our friends have ready wits . " At this moment the dreaded ...
... gods besides . Nay , never fear ; you shall not see his features ; For very cowardice , the mask - makers Flatly refused to mould them . Ne'ertheless , He will be known , —our friends have ready wits . " At this moment the dreaded ...
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... god of a nation of seamen , and to Pallas Athene , who gives her name to the city . And be- tween the pauses of the song they rehearse , in a kind of recitative , the praises of the good old days of Athens . " Let us praise our famous ...
... god of a nation of seamen , and to Pallas Athene , who gives her name to the city . And be- tween the pauses of the song they rehearse , in a kind of recitative , the praises of the good old days of Athens . " Let us praise our famous ...
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... gods to negotiate a peace with Sparta . But there is one serious obstacle ; nothing can be done in this world , even by demigods , without money , and he would have the Committee supply him with enough for his long journey . Such an ...
... gods to negotiate a peace with Sparta . But there is one serious obstacle ; nothing can be done in this world , even by demigods , without money , and he would have the Committee supply him with enough for his long journey . Such an ...
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... god -a privilege which the fairest and noblest maidens of Athens were proud to claim - and her mother exhorts her to move and behave herself like a lady , —if on this occasion only . Their single slave is to follow behind with other ...
... god -a privilege which the fairest and noblest maidens of Athens were proud to claim - and her mother exhorts her to move and behave herself like a lady , —if on this occasion only . Their single slave is to follow behind with other ...
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