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... Troy . The author is generally considered to be the old Greek poet and singer Homer , al- though some authorities believe that the poem was not all written by any one man . The selection from the Iliad which is given here is from the ...
... Troy . The author is generally considered to be the old Greek poet and singer Homer , al- though some authorities believe that the poem was not all written by any one man . The selection from the Iliad which is given here is from the ...
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... Troy , was chosen . Paris was utterly ignorant of the fact that he was the son of the king , having been banished from his home in his infancy because a prophecy had foretold that he should bring about the destruction of his native city ...
... Troy , was chosen . Paris was utterly ignorant of the fact that he was the son of the king , having been banished from his home in his infancy because a prophecy had foretold that he should bring about the destruction of his native city ...
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... Troy . Large as the Grecian army was , however , it could make no immediate head against the Trojans , and for nine years it encamped outside the city of Troy , attempting to bring about its downfall . Battles and contests between ...
... Troy . Large as the Grecian army was , however , it could make no immediate head against the Trojans , and for nine years it encamped outside the city of Troy , attempting to bring about its downfall . Battles and contests between ...
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... Troy forsook the plain ? Vain thy past labor , and thy present vain : Safe in their walls are now her troops bestow'd , While here thy frantic rage attacks a god . ' 2. Ilium , or Ilion , was another name for Troy , and the Ilians were ...
... Troy forsook the plain ? Vain thy past labor , and thy present vain : Safe in their walls are now her troops bestow'd , While here thy frantic rage attacks a god . ' 2. Ilium , or Ilion , was another name for Troy , and the Ilians were ...
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... Troy , father of Hector . 5. Orion's dog means Sirius , the dog star , which was believed by the ancients to be a star of very bad omen . 6. Obtests means entreats . 7. Expects here means awaits . While the sad father on the rampart ...
... Troy , father of Hector . 5. Orion's dog means Sirius , the dog star , which was believed by the ancients to be a star of very bad omen . 6. Obtests means entreats . 7. Expects here means awaits . While the sad father on the rampart ...
Contents
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JOHN BUNYAN | 106 |
THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS John Bunyan | 113 |
AWAY James Whitcomb Riley | 154 |
THE YARN OF THE NANCY BELL W S Gilbert | 161 |
THE BALLAD OF AGINCOURT Michael Drayton | 269 |
SOME CHILDRENS BOOKS OF THE PAST Grace E Sellon | 275 |
LEAD KINDLY LIGHT Cardinal Newman | 285 |
BALIN AND BALAN | 304 |
GERAINT AND ENID Alfred Tennyson | 323 |
THE HOLY GRAIL Adapted from Thomas Malory | 386 |
DISSENSIONS AT KING ARTHURS COURT | 412 |
HENRY HUDSONS FOURTH VOYAGE Henry R Cleveland | 436 |
JONATHAN SWIFT | 167 |
GULLIVERS TRAVELS Jonathan Swift | 173 |
THE ARICKARA INDIANS Washington Irving | 463 |
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