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Page 149
... rise t'o'erwhelm him : or , if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds ...
... rise t'o'erwhelm him : or , if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And , needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth shall shake him out of all his holds ...
Page 251
... rise . Your Lordship , and Your Grace ! what school can teach A rhet'ric equal to those parts of speech ? What need of Homer's verse or Tully's prose , Sweet interjections ! if he learn but those ? Let rev'rend churls his ignorance ...
... rise . Your Lordship , and Your Grace ! what school can teach A rhet'ric equal to those parts of speech ? What need of Homer's verse or Tully's prose , Sweet interjections ! if he learn but those ? Let rev'rend churls his ignorance ...
Page 532
... rise , fair Alba , by Ascanius ' hand . Thus shall it be - now listen , while I teach The means t ' accomplish these events at hand . Th ' Arcadians here , a race from Pallas sprung , Following Evander's standard and his fate , High on ...
... rise , fair Alba , by Ascanius ' hand . Thus shall it be - now listen , while I teach The means t ' accomplish these events at hand . Th ' Arcadians here , a race from Pallas sprung , Following Evander's standard and his fate , High on ...
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