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Page 24
... styx . " I MUST confess I treated you very scurrilous- " ly when you first sent me hither ; but you have dis- " patched such multitudes after me to keep me in " countenance , that I am very well reconciled both to 66 you and my ...
... styx . " I MUST confess I treated you very scurrilous- " ly when you first sent me hither ; but you have dis- " patched such multitudes after me to keep me in " countenance , that I am very well reconciled both to 66 you and my ...
Page 193
... Styx . This was probably an invention of the heathen priesthood , to make the people extremely careful of performing proper rites and ceremonies to the memo- ry of the dead . I shall not however , with the infamous scribblers of the age ...
... Styx . This was probably an invention of the heathen priesthood , to make the people extremely careful of performing proper rites and ceremonies to the memo- ry of the dead . I shall not however , with the infamous scribblers of the age ...
Page 194
... Styx surround them with " nine streams that are unpassable . " It is very re- markable , that Virgil , notwithstanding self - murder was so frequent among the heathens , and had been practised by some of the greatest men in the very age ...
... Styx surround them with " nine streams that are unpassable . " It is very re- markable , that Virgil , notwithstanding self - murder was so frequent among the heathens , and had been practised by some of the greatest men in the very age ...
Page 202
... . Telemachus , after having passed through the dark avenues of death in the retinue of Mercury , who every day delivers up a certain tale of ghosts to the Ferry- man of Styx , is admitted into the infernal bark 202 THE TATLER .
... . Telemachus , after having passed through the dark avenues of death in the retinue of Mercury , who every day delivers up a certain tale of ghosts to the Ferry- man of Styx , is admitted into the infernal bark 202 THE TATLER .
Page 203
man of Styx , is admitted into the infernal bark . Among the companions of his voyage , is the shade of Nabopharzon , a King of Babylon , and tyrant of all the east . Among the ceremonies and pomps of his fune- ral , there were four ...
man of Styx , is admitted into the infernal bark . Among the companions of his voyage , is the shade of Nabopharzon , a King of Babylon , and tyrant of all the east . Among the ceremonies and pomps of his fune- ral , there were four ...
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