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... Telemachus , Ulysses pretended madness , and Palamedes , when he came to beg for his aid , found him plowing up the seashore and sowing it with salt . Palamedes was quite certain that the madness was feigned , and to test it , set ...
... Telemachus , Ulysses pretended madness , and Palamedes , when he came to beg for his aid , found him plowing up the seashore and sowing it with salt . Palamedes was quite certain that the madness was feigned , and to test it , set ...
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... Telemachus at home . He was one of the foremost of the Greek chieftains in the Trojan War , and his deeds are a prominent part of the story in the Iliad . After Ulysses had been many years absent , he was thought by most of his friends ...
... Telemachus at home . He was one of the foremost of the Greek chieftains in the Trojan War , and his deeds are a prominent part of the story in the Iliad . After Ulysses had been many years absent , he was thought by most of his friends ...
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... Telemachus returned home , having learned that his father was still living ; and , directed by the gods , he went to the house of the same old servant with whom Ulysses had taken refuge . That night the father and son recognized each ...
... Telemachus returned home , having learned that his father was still living ; and , directed by the gods , he went to the house of the same old servant with whom Ulysses had taken refuge . That night the father and son recognized each ...
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... Telemachus at her side , it was impossible to drive out the powerful men , so that she felt compelled still to endure their unwelcome presence . According to the plans made by Ulysses and his son , the former about this time started for ...
... Telemachus at her side , it was impossible to drive out the powerful men , so that she felt compelled still to endure their unwelcome presence . According to the plans made by Ulysses and his son , the former about this time started for ...
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... Telemachus was the first to see his father , and ordered that food should be given the poor beggar , and that he should be invited to enter the hall and share the comforts of the palace . The experiences of the poor old mendicant in the ...
... Telemachus was the first to see his father , and ordered that food should be given the poor beggar , and that he should be invited to enter the hall and share the comforts of the palace . The experiences of the poor old mendicant in the ...
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Page 81 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Page 449 - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Page 83 - THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company.
Page 165 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than Hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue.
Page 55 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 258 - Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the LORD said unto him, Ihis is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 84 - Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the Northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length.
Page 80 - And children coming home from school, Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 304 - Percy present word, He would prevent his sport. The English Earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright.
Page 301 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down: And darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.