Dwellers on the Threshold, Or, Magic and Magicians: With Some Illustrations of Human Error and ImpostureJohn Maxwell and Company, 1864 |
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Сторінка 191 - Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd, and himself expell'd, Let him for succour sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects, and his son's embrace: First let him see his friends in battle slain; And their untimely fate lament in vain: And when, at length, the cruel war shall cease, On hard conditions may he buy his peace. Nor let him then enjoy supreme command, But fall untimely, by some hostile hand: And...
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