Select British Classics, Volume 25J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Page 96
... Ulysses , who had been the rival of this great man in his life , as well as the occasion of his death , upon meet- ing his shade in the region of departed heroes , makes his submission to him with an humility next to ado- ration , which ...
... Ulysses , who had been the rival of this great man in his life , as well as the occasion of his death , upon meet- ing his shade in the region of departed heroes , makes his submission to him with an humility next to ado- ration , which ...
Page 180
... time concerning the state of the soul after death . Ulysses , he tells us , made a voyage to the regions of the dead , in order to consult Tiresias how he should return to his own country , and recommend himself to 180 THE TATLER .
... time concerning the state of the soul after death . Ulysses , he tells us , made a voyage to the regions of the dead , in order to consult Tiresias how he should return to his own country , and recommend himself to 180 THE TATLER .
Page 181
... Ulysses , after having made a very plenteous sacri- fice , sat him down by the pool of holy blood , which attracted a prodigious assembly of ghosts of all ages and conditions , that hovered about the hero , and feast- ed upon the steams ...
... Ulysses , after having made a very plenteous sacri- fice , sat him down by the pool of holy blood , which attracted a prodigious assembly of ghosts of all ages and conditions , that hovered about the hero , and feast- ed upon the steams ...
Page 182
... Ulysses , were the only distempers that preyed 66 upon my life , and separated my soul from my body . " Ulysses was melted with these expressions of tender- ness , and thrice endeavoured to catch the apparition in his arms , that he ...
... Ulysses , were the only distempers that preyed 66 upon my life , and separated my soul from my body . " Ulysses was melted with these expressions of tender- ness , and thrice endeavoured to catch the apparition in his arms , that he ...
Page 183
... Ulysses , ( as a gentle satire upon female vanity ) giving me an account of her birth and family . This scene of ex- traordinary women seems to have been designed by the poet as a lecture of morality to the whole sex , and to put them ...
... Ulysses , ( as a gentle satire upon female vanity ) giving me an account of her birth and family . This scene of ex- traordinary women seems to have been designed by the poet as a lecture of morality to the whole sex , and to put them ...
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