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Gems, selected from the antique, with illustrations (1804)

Dagley, Richard, -1841, Murray, John, 1778-1843, Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840 · London : Printed for John Murray, 32, Fleet Street, Dean Street by C. Whittingham · leaf 113

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to his strength and mind,Erect and dauntless see the thunderer stand,The bolts red hissing from his vengeful hand ;The earth wide blazes with the fires of Jove,Nor the flash spares the verdure of the grove ;Fierce glows the air, the boiling ocean roars,And the seas wash with burning waves their… … 39 VIGNETTE. FRAGMENTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF JUPITER. Jupiter ammon, cornelian, mus. flor.—There is an air of melancholy so-lemnity in this finely executed countenance, which is still noticeable in theheads of old men in the superior classes of society among the Turks inPersia, vEgypt, and Arabia. The…

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