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... appears to have been suggested partly by a passage from Manilius's account of Cassiopeia , the constellation that immediately precedes An- dromeda . It is convenient to examine this subsidiary borrowing first . When mourning Cassiopeia ...
... appears to have been suggested partly by a passage from Manilius's account of Cassiopeia , the constellation that immediately precedes An- dromeda . It is convenient to examine this subsidiary borrowing first . When mourning Cassiopeia ...
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... appears , To that she bends , to that her Eyes she rears ; Th'inferior Priestess , at her Altar's side , Trembling , begins the sacred Rites of Pride . Unnumber'd Treasures ope at once , and here The various Off'rings of the World appear ...
... appears , To that she bends , to that her Eyes she rears ; Th'inferior Priestess , at her Altar's side , Trembling , begins the sacred Rites of Pride . Unnumber'd Treasures ope at once , and here The various Off'rings of the World appear ...
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... appears . Not Day , but piercing Thought must clear this Sky , The Labour of thy Mind , not of thy Eye ; Press ... appear From different Births belonging to One Star ; Of all those Creatures , that at once do see The Light , scarce Two ...
... appears . Not Day , but piercing Thought must clear this Sky , The Labour of thy Mind , not of thy Eye ; Press ... appear From different Births belonging to One Star ; Of all those Creatures , that at once do see The Light , scarce Two ...
Contents
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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