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" That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. "
The Birds of Aristophanes - Page 177
by Aristophanes - 1864 - 236 pages
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A Garland of Love, Wreathed of Pleasant Flowers, Gathered in the Field of ...

Garland - English poetry - 1836 - 246 pages
...teaching I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espyed a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus' loud complaints return'd, Not for reflection of his face,...
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The comedies of Aristophanes, tr. into familiar blank verse, with notes, by ...

Aristophanes - 1837 - 726 pages
...F. de Furia. This apologue is referred to by the poet Waller, quoted by Person, (ad Med. v. 138.) : That eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the shaft...feather of his own. Wherewith he wont to soar so high, • The construction of this line is rather intricate, especially with the old reading Ха/iEúVr/v,...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - English poetry - 1837 - 132 pages
...spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face,...
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Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of Milton

Stanhope Busby - English poetry - 1837 - 136 pages
...my own teaching, I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, 'Which, on the shaft that made bun die, Espied a feather of his own, ' Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face,...
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A Life of Aristotle: Including a Critical Discussion of Some Questions of ...

Joseph Williams Blakesley - 1839 - 204 pages
...perversitas, qui maledictis insectantur eos, a quibus de veritate dissentiunt. De Finibus, ii. 25. ' The eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the shaft that...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. 32 HIS DISLIKE OF ISOCRATES. companied, on the part of the former at least, with as cordial a contempt....
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Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle, Volume 169

Early English newspapers - 1840 - 954 pages
...as is the custom in some pulpits to do, the " poor player " in the shaft that wounds him, " Espies a feather of his own Wherewith he wont to soar so high." to the celebrated Mrs. Fry, may recollect something agreeable and touch¡Dg in lier delivery, owing...
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De Clifford: Or, The Constant Man, Volume 3

Robert Plumer Ward - England - 1841 - 304 pages
...a spirit, with a spell When you vouchsafe to breathe my thoughts, Of my own teaching I am caught. " That eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the shaft...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." " Charming !" cried Lady Hungerford. Ingenious Waller !" " Ingenious Clifford, I think," said Granville...
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De Clifford; or, The constant man, by the author of 'Tremaine'.

Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 648 pages
...vouchsafe to breathe my thoughts, That like a spirit, with a spell Of my own teaching I am caught. " That eagle's fate and mine are one, Who on the shaft...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high." "Charming ! " cried Lady Hungerford. Ingenious Waller ! " " Ingenious Clifford, I think," said Granville...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ..., Volume 10

Encyclopaedia - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1845 - 880 pages
...pervrnitat, ijui maledictis inieclantur eos, a quibus de vertíate diuentiunt. De Fimiui, ii. '-' j. f The eagle's fate and mine are one, Who, on the shaft that...feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Uncongeniality of Plato and Aristotle. ¿raléese. tea. Buiecl AnitrtJt. •• stilute for philosophical...
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Anthologia oxoniensis

William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 340 pages
...a spirit, with this spell Of my own teaching I am caught. That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo with so sweet a grace Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face,...
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