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205.<br />

206.<br />

207.<br />

people, the Dolopes <strong>of</strong> Phthia,<br />

on Phoenix."—Thirlwall's<br />

Greece, vol. i Section 6, p. 162,<br />

note.<br />

—Pray in deep silence. Rather:<br />

"use well-omened words;" or,<br />

as Kennedy has explained it,<br />

"Abstain from expressions unsuitable<br />

to the solemnity <strong>of</strong> the<br />

occasion, which, by <strong>of</strong>fending<br />

the god, might defeat the object<br />

<strong>of</strong> their supplications."<br />

—Purest hands. This is one <strong>of</strong><br />

the most ancient superstitions<br />

respecting prayer, and one<br />

founded as much in nature as<br />

in tradition.<br />

It must be recollected, that the<br />

war at Troy was not a settled<br />

siege, and that many <strong>of</strong> the

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