Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods, and Illustrious Heroes: Revised for a Classical Course of Education, and Adapted for the Use of Students of Every Age and of Either Sex |
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... blood , which late the grass had dy'd , Was now no blood ; from which a flower full blown , Far brighter than the Tyrian scarlet shone , Which seem'd the same , or did resemble right A lily , changing but the red to white . Besides , he ...
... blood , which late the grass had dy'd , Was now no blood ; from which a flower full blown , Far brighter than the Tyrian scarlet shone , Which seem'd the same , or did resemble right A lily , changing but the red to white . Besides , he ...
Page 77
... blood , with garments rent , Divides the press : her steps Bellona treads , And shakes her iron rod above their heads . Bellona is the goddess of war , and the companion of Mars ; or , as others say , his sister , or wife . She prepares ...
... blood , with garments rent , Divides the press : her steps Bellona treads , And shakes her iron rod above their heads . Bellona is the goddess of war , and the companion of Mars ; or , as others say , his sister , or wife . She prepares ...
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... blood . Pyramus comes next , and sees the print of a wild beast's foot , and finds the veil of Thisbe bloody and torn . He , ima- gining that she was killed and devoured by the wild beast , grew distracted , and hastened to the ap ...
... blood . Pyramus comes next , and sees the print of a wild beast's foot , and finds the veil of Thisbe bloody and torn . He , ima- gining that she was killed and devoured by the wild beast , grew distracted , and hastened to the ap ...
Page 111
... blood , which was shed on the ground , into the flower ane- mone , which ever since has retained the colour of blood . While she flew to assist him , being led by his dying voice , a thorn ran into her foot , and the * Ayλaía id est ...
... blood , which was shed on the ground , into the flower ane- mone , which ever since has retained the colour of blood . While she flew to assist him , being led by his dying voice , a thorn ran into her foot , and the * Ayλaía id est ...
Page 112
... blood that came thence fell on the rose , which be fore was white , but thereby made red . Venus besought of , and obtained from Jupiter , that he should return to life for six months in every year ; so that Adonis revives and dies in ...
... blood that came thence fell on the rose , which be fore was white , but thereby made red . Venus besought of , and obtained from Jupiter , that he should return to life for six months in every year ; so that Adonis revives and dies in ...
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Page 38 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 83 - At her command rush forth the steeds divine ; Rich with immortal gold their trappings shine. Bright Hebe waits ; by Hebe, ever young, The whirling wheels are to the chariot hung. On the bright axle turns the bidden wheel Of sounding brass; the polish'd axle, steel.
Page 84 - Diti sacrum iussa fero teque isto corpore solvo.' sic ait et dextra crinem secat: omnis et una dilapsus calor atque in ventos vita recessit.
Page 301 - Parva metu primo ; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit...
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Page 207 - O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight; Such deadly stenches from the depth arise, And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies.
Page 302 - Produc'd her last of the Titanian birth. Swift is her walk, more swift her winged haste: A monstrous phantom, horrible and vast. As many plumes as raise her lofty flight, So many piercing eyes...
Page 200 - Auletes leads: a hundred sweep With stretching oars at once the glassy deep. Him and his martial train the Triton bears; High on his poop the sea-green god appears: Frowning he seems his crooked shell to sound, And at the blast the billows dance around.
Page 136 - Stretch'd on his back, he dash'd against the stones Their broken bodies, and their crackling bones : With spouting blood the purple pavement swims, While the dire glutton grinds the trembling limbs.
Page 205 - Far on the right, her dogs foul Scylla hides: Charybdis roaring on the left presides, And in her greedy whirlpool sucks the tides; Then spouts them from below: with fury driv'n, The waves mount up and wash the face of heav'n.