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So Hector,--"
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31 This book forms a most agreeable interruption to The continuous
round of battles, which occupy the latter part of the Iliad. It is
as well to observe, that the sameness of these scenes renders many
notes unnecessary.
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32 --Who to Tydeus owes, i.e. Diomed.
33 Compare Tasso:--
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Teneri sdegni, e placide, e tranquille
Repulse, e cari vezzi, e liete paci,
Sorrisi, parolette, e dolci stille
Di pianto, e sospir tronchi, e molli baci."
Gier. Lib. xvi. 25
234 Compare the description of the dwelling of Sleep in Orlando Furioso,
bk. vi.
235 "Twice seven, the charming daughters of the main--
Around my person wait, and bear my train:
Succeed my wish, and second my design,
The fairest, Deiopeia, shall be thine."
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