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Página 76
... Dead , and there consult the shade of the great prophet Tiresias . Ulysses goes on to describe to the king of the Phæ- acians his voyage on from the island of Ææa , under the favouring gales which Circe sends him : - " All the day long ...
... Dead , and there consult the shade of the great prophet Tiresias . Ulysses goes on to describe to the king of the Phæ- acians his voyage on from the island of Ææa , under the favouring gales which Circe sends him : - " All the day long ...
Página 78
... Dead , has been considered by some good authorities as a later inter- polation into the tale . The solemn grandeur of the whole episode is remarked as out of character with the light and easy narrative into which it has been woven . Be ...
... Dead , has been considered by some good authorities as a later inter- polation into the tale . The solemn grandeur of the whole episode is remarked as out of character with the light and easy narrative into which it has been woven . Be ...
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... dead . So he kept them off with his sword , not suffering even the phantom of his dead mother Anticleia , who came among the rest , to taste , until the great prophet appeared , leaning on his golden staff . " To the bloody brink He ...
... dead . So he kept them off with his sword , not suffering even the phantom of his dead mother Anticleia , who came among the rest , to taste , until the great prophet appeared , leaning on his golden staff . " To the bloody brink He ...
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... dead , And fold a phantom to my yearning breast . Thrice I essayed , with eager hands out - spread Thrice like a shadow or a dream she fled , And my hands closed on unsubstantial air . " As they talked together , there swept forth out ...
... dead , And fold a phantom to my yearning breast . Thrice I essayed , with eager hands out - spread Thrice like a shadow or a dream she fled , And my hands closed on unsubstantial air . " As they talked together , there swept forth out ...
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... dead , no one of those renowned champions who had fought with him at Troy ? Yes - if his host cares to listen , Ulysses can tell him a sad tale of some of his old comrades . He saw the great Agamemnon there , and heard from his lips the ...
... dead , no one of those renowned champions who had fought with him at Troy ? Yes - if his host cares to listen , Ulysses can tell him a sad tale of some of his old comrades . He saw the great Agamemnon there , and heard from his lips the ...
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