Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1984 - 294 pages |
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Page 95
... less : from the first branch on the north to the last of the south it is at least 100 leagues , so as the river's mouth is no less than 300 miles wide at his entrance into the sea , which I take to be far bigger than that of Amazones ...
... less : from the first branch on the north to the last of the south it is at least 100 leagues , so as the river's mouth is no less than 300 miles wide at his entrance into the sea , which I take to be far bigger than that of Amazones ...
Page 165
... Less . He married Hecuba the daughter of Cisseus King of Thrace , and had in all ( saith Cicero ) fifty sons , whereof seventeen by Hecuba , of whom Paris was one ; who attempting to recover his aunt Hesione , took Helena the wife of ...
... Less . He married Hecuba the daughter of Cisseus King of Thrace , and had in all ( saith Cicero ) fifty sons , whereof seventeen by Hecuba , of whom Paris was one ; who attempting to recover his aunt Hesione , took Helena the wife of ...
Page 248
... less valiantly , than he had warily before , both abstained himself , and dissuaded his fellow Consul , from fighting at all . If , when the day was utterly lost , it had lain in his power to save his own life , unto the good of his ...
... less valiantly , than he had warily before , both abstained himself , and dissuaded his fellow Consul , from fighting at all . If , when the day was utterly lost , it had lain in his power to save his own life , unto the good of his ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Metrical translations from the History of | 21 |
A farewell to false Love | 27 |
Copyright | |
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