Homer's Odyssey, book i, ed., by J. Bond and A.S. Walpole, with notes and vocabulary

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Page 32 - Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour'd of them all; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Page xix - It contains six feet, of which the first four may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth is...
Page 53 - Surely no nameless lineage have the gods ordained for thee in days to come, since Penelope bore thee so goodly a man. But come, declare me this, and tell it all plainly. What feast, nay, what rout is this? What hast thou to do therewith? Is it a clan drinking, or a wedding feast, for here we have no banquet where each man brings his share? In such wise, flown with insolence, do they seem to me to revel wantonly through the house: and well might any man be wroth to see so many deeds of shame, whatso...
Page 41 - Within my mouth you have engoaled my tongue, Doubly portcullised with my teeth and lips...

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