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... hath be translated oute of Latine into Frenche , and oute of Frenche , reduced into Englyeshe , by me , William Caxton , the 22d day of Juyn , the yere of our Lord 1490. " This , though of inferior literary merit , was , however , well ...
... hath be translated oute of Latine into Frenche , and oute of Frenche , reduced into Englyeshe , by me , William Caxton , the 22d day of Juyn , the yere of our Lord 1490. " This , though of inferior literary merit , was , however , well ...
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... heaven , Verily bear swift with them , and sweep them away through the welkin . But the omnipotent father hath hid them in caverns of darkness , 50 55 60 Guarding against this , and o'er them a mass and 2 THE ÆNEID .
... heaven , Verily bear swift with them , and sweep them away through the welkin . But the omnipotent father hath hid them in caverns of darkness , 50 55 60 Guarding against this , and o'er them a mass and 2 THE ÆNEID .
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... hath assigned to allay and awaken the waves by the wild winds , On the Tyrrhenian main is a nation , mine enemy , sailing , 65 Ilium into Italia bearing , and vanquished , their home - gods . Smite thou a force in the winds , and o ...
... hath assigned to allay and awaken the waves by the wild winds , On the Tyrrhenian main is a nation , mine enemy , sailing , 65 Ilium into Italia bearing , and vanquished , their home - gods . Smite thou a force in the winds , and o ...
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... hath perceived ; and , up from the deep sea Gazing abroad , hath his calm head raised o'er the crests of the billows . There he discovers all over the surface the fleet of Æneas Strown , and the Trojans oppressed by the waves and the ...
... hath perceived ; and , up from the deep sea Gazing abroad , hath his calm head raised o'er the crests of the billows . There he discovers all over the surface the fleet of Æneas Strown , and the Trojans oppressed by the waves and the ...
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... hath changed thee ? I was by this e'en the fall and the sorrowful ruins of Troja Wont to relieve , when fates with fates in a counterpoise weighing . Now does the same lot follow the men , by so many disasters 240 Hounded : what limit ...
... hath changed thee ? I was by this e'en the fall and the sorrowful ruins of Troja Wont to relieve , when fates with fates in a counterpoise weighing . Now does the same lot follow the men , by so many disasters 240 Hounded : what limit ...
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Acestes Æneas Æneid æther afar altars Anchises Apollo armor arms Ascanius Ausonian battle bespeaks billows blood body bosom breezes buckler Camilla Carthage cavern charger chariot chieftains comrades Creüsa Danaäns Dardan Dardanian death deep deities Dido earth Eneas Euryalus Evander exclaims eyes fates father Æneas Faunus flames fleet flits foemen forests fortune goddess gods gold grove hast hath heaven Helenus helmet Hence hero hexameter hither honor Ilian Italia Iülus Juno Jupiter Juturna land Latins Latium lofty mansions Meanwhile Messapus Mezentius midst mighty Mnestheus monarch mother mountains night Nisus o'er ocean offspring once Pallas Pergamus Phoebus Phrygian pity plains Priam ramparts right hand river round rushing Rutulians sabre sails Sergestus shalt shores shoulders sister slaughter slumber soul Spake spear spirit squadron steeds summons surges Tarchon temples Teucrans thee thine thou threshold Trojan Turnus Tyrrhenian uttered valor Venus Virgil wafted war-spear warfare warriors weapons winds wound