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G. F. C. Plowden. Perseus mounting through the ayre , at length arriveth where the faire Andromeda was chain'd to a rocke ; who [ Perseus ] at the first sight is enamoured . For certaine subtill rayes expiring from within the heart ...
G. F. C. Plowden. Perseus mounting through the ayre , at length arriveth where the faire Andromeda was chain'd to a rocke ; who [ Perseus ] at the first sight is enamoured . For certaine subtill rayes expiring from within the heart ...
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... Perseus . Then Perseus , glorious with the Gorgon's Spoil , By Love directed to a nobler Toil , Kind Fortune brought ; and at the wondrous sight He checkt his Horse , and stopt his airy flight ; His Hand scarce held his Spoil , Medusa's ...
... Perseus . Then Perseus , glorious with the Gorgon's Spoil , By Love directed to a nobler Toil , Kind Fortune brought ; and at the wondrous sight He checkt his Horse , and stopt his airy flight ; His Hand scarce held his Spoil , Medusa's ...
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... Perseus in the following : Now big with Conquest , from the cleansing Flood Bright Perseus rose , and more August he stood ; Then to the Rocks with eager haste he flies , Unbinds the Virgin , and enjoys the Prize . There are verbal ...
... Perseus in the following : Now big with Conquest , from the cleansing Flood Bright Perseus rose , and more August he stood ; Then to the Rocks with eager haste he flies , Unbinds the Virgin , and enjoys the Prize . There are verbal ...
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The Rape of a Myth | 7 |
The Wild Heap and the Ordered Frame | 33 |
Manilius Creech and An Essay on Man | 105 |
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