The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page 210
... Agamemnon is rel through half the poem , Rinaldo must absent him- inspirited by love of empire and ambition ; that of self just as long on the like account . If he gives his Menelaus mixed with softness and tenderness for hero a suit of ...
... Agamemnon is rel through half the poem , Rinaldo must absent him- inspirited by love of empire and ambition ; that of self just as long on the like account . If he gives his Menelaus mixed with softness and tenderness for hero a suit of ...
Page 227
... Agamemnon led ; There bade the noblest of the Grecian peers ; And Nestor first , as most advanced in years . Next came Idomenus , and Tydeus ' son , Ajax the less , and Ajax Telamon ; Then wise Ulysses in his rank was placed ; And Menelaus ...
... Agamemnon led ; There bade the noblest of the Grecian peers ; And Nestor first , as most advanced in years . Next came Idomenus , and Tydeus ' son , Ajax the less , and Ajax Telamon ; Then wise Ulysses in his rank was placed ; And Menelaus ...
Page 231
... Menelaus and Paris . The armies being ready to engage , a single combat is agreed upon between Menelaus and Paris ( by the in- tervention of Hector ) for the determination of the war . Iris is sent to call Helen to behold the fight She ...
... Menelaus and Paris . The armies being ready to engage , a single combat is agreed upon between Menelaus and Paris ( by the in- tervention of Hector ) for the determination of the war . Iris is sent to call Helen to behold the fight She ...
Page 232
... Menelaus . 70 While from the centre Hector rolls his eyes On either host , and thus to both applies : Hear , all ye Trojans , all ye Grecian bands ! What Paris , author of the war , demands . 60 Your shining swords within the sheath ...
... Menelaus . 70 While from the centre Hector rolls his eyes On either host , and thus to both applies : Hear , all ye Trojans , all ye Grecian bands ! What Paris , author of the war , demands . 60 Your shining swords within the sheath ...
Page 233
... Menelaus urged the same request ; ) 260 My house was honour'd with each royal guest : 270 These , when the Spartan queen approach'd the tower , I knew their persons , and admired their parts , In secret own'd resistless beauty's power ...
... Menelaus urged the same request ; ) 260 My house was honour'd with each royal guest : 270 These , when the Spartan queen approach'd the tower , I knew their persons , and admired their parts , In secret own'd resistless beauty's power ...
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