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... follow you , like a savage tigress , or a Gætulian lion , to tear you to pieces . Therefore , quit your mother , now that you are mature for a husband . ODE XXIV . TO VIRGIL . WHAT shame or bound can there be to our affectionate regret ...
... follow you , like a savage tigress , or a Gætulian lion , to tear you to pieces . Therefore , quit your mother , now that you are mature for a husband . ODE XXIV . TO VIRGIL . WHAT shame or bound can there be to our affectionate regret ...
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... follows the rough Pholoë ; but she - goats shall sooner be united to the Apulian wolves , than Pholoë shall commit a crime with a base adulterer . Such is the will of Venus , who delights in cruel sport , to subject to her brazen yokes ...
... follows the rough Pholoë ; but she - goats shall sooner be united to the Apulian wolves , than Pholoë shall commit a crime with a base adulterer . Such is the will of Venus , who delights in cruel sport , to subject to her brazen yokes ...
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... follow you ; for her impetuous time runs on , and shall place to her account those years of which it abridges you ; shortly Lalage with a wanton assurance will seek a husband , beloved in a higher degree than the coy Pholoë , or even ...
... follow you ; for her impetuous time runs on , and shall place to her account those years of which it abridges you ; shortly Lalage with a wanton assurance will seek a husband , beloved in a higher degree than the coy Pholoë , or even ...
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... follow you , their master for a brief space , except the hated cypresses ; a worthier heir shall consume your Cæcuban wines now guarded with a hundred keys , and shall wet the pavement with the haughty wine , more exquisite than what ...
... follow you , their master for a brief space , except the hated cypresses ; a worthier heir shall consume your Cæcuban wines now guarded with a hundred keys , and shall wet the pavement with the haughty wine , more exquisite than what ...
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... follow the Ursus Major , whence it has its name . It is thought , both at rising and setting , to cause tempests . The ancients have observed its rising to be in the middle of September , and its setting in the beginning of October ...
... follow the Ursus Major , whence it has its name . It is thought , both at rising and setting , to cause tempests . The ancients have observed its rising to be in the middle of September , and its setting in the beginning of October ...
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