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THE

TWELVE LABOURS

OF

HERCULES,

SON

OF

JUPITER

X

A

L

CM

EN

A.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY

DIDIER AND

TEBBETT,

AT

THE

JUVENILE

LIBRARY

Og

ENGLISH,

FRENCH,

AND

ITALIAN

BOOKS,

AND

REPOSITORY

OF INSTRUCTIVE

GAMES,

NO.

75,

ST.

JAMES'S STREET.

o

1803.

Price,

Plain

Is. Coloured

Is.

6d,


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CHILDREN'S

BOOK

COLLECTION

*

LIBRARY OF THE

UNIVERSITY

OF CALIFORNIA

LOS

ANGELES


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Soir

or

C

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The

Neinaean

Lion.

By

Jono'sliate

urged

on,

Alcmena's

Son,

At

sixteen

years

In

8

noble

toils

l>eoTQi,

Xemaea's

dreadful

Lion

first

lie

sought

,

The

savage

slew

to

Enrys

thens

brought,

From

Ms

hn^e

sides

Ms

snaggy

spoils

lie

tore,


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The

LeinireanHvctra.

On

L

ema's

pest

di'TmdaTmtecl

Hero

mslie

g,

With

mafy

club

liex

Imnclred

tearls

lie

crashes,

IIL

vain. One

cmsli'd^

trroliifsiiig'lieads

aiise,

1'iJl

^ood.

lolas

to each

worriid

appties

Tlie

TnmmigTirand. Dipt

in

Ine

Hydras

g


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A

St.ig

with

hams

of

gold

and

feet

of

brafs,

OnMaenalns

l>oirttds

der

thimbiidbi^

Aral's,

ToDiaai

sacred,

this

lies

doom'dto

Tiring

1

'iilnrrt

into

the

presence

of

tlie

Kin^,

Forbid

to

wound,

Low

take

a

Stag-

so

fleet?


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The

ErymantMan

Boar.

ToEaym.antlrasiiextliis

course is

bent.

To

seize the Boar

by

mcensed

Dion

sent,

The

fell

destroyer

bound lie

o'er

Inm

fling's,

AadTmto

scaredEurystheus

qnickly brmg's,

The

trembling

Tvrant

RhTnnTcs

a^Jiast

with

dread,


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Tlie

Stables

of

Augeas.

To

cleanse

the

Andean

Stables

noiir

lie's

sped,

Where

thirty years

three

thousand

Oxen,

fed;

The

task

for

man

too

great.

A

river's

course

He

turn'd,

tlrro* the

staples

nr^jedits

force,

The

ride

resistlefs

rolls,

and

hi one

day

The

'd

filth

of

years

is

sw^


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The

Stymphalide

s

.

The

Lake

Stympharas

Trains arm

was

freed,

from

those

dire

hirds

on

human

fleshwho

feed,

By

Pallas'

aid

the

dreadful

race

subdued,

No

more its

l>anks

with

whitening

Ixines

are

strew

A

.

Honour

'd\jy

all

mankind

he

no\r

returns,

1


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The

Cretan

BxJ]

.


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ArVnioiis

BnH

with,

nostrils

breathing;

fire,

To

punish

Minos

sent

fov

Neptune's

ire,

Koanis

wild

in.

vengeance

thro'

Ms

wide

domains,

And

death

X:

terror

spreads

o'er

Crete's

fair

plains

;

luit

soon

the

TxJlowin^

beast

airrehe

caught

,


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Diomecies

and

Iris

Horses.

Fell

Ditnned,

whose

torses

fat

with

gore,

His

subjects

liortes

in

their

numbers

tore,

He

next oerthrerr.

And

as

old

authors

say,

The

Tyrant

gj;ave

tolas

awn.

steeds

a

prey,

On

Mount

Olympus

rent

by

savage

beasts,


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Tke

Amazon

ffippoHte

.


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By

Fate

coustrain'd

ETrrystheris

to

obey,

TLe^natcLlefs

Hero

nonmrust

l>end

Ms

way,

To

gviiu

tlie

gxildeai

girdle

wh-ich

adorns

The

Qneen

of*

Amazons

.

Wh.0

proudly

icom

s

To

yield,

roiclinliex

TTHrriars

doth

confide

But

sheT^ecauieg

Thefeus'

Imde

.

Gervon.


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A

Giant

JSngin

Gades

once

did

ieep,

(UnKke

their

gentle

racej

camivaraus

sneep,

Tlie

triple

monster

sLmi,mii(lst

irig

rocks

He

left to

birds

a

prey,

and

seizcl

Ins

flocks,

TVnich byETiryKfheTi8'order

oron^il

away

He

did


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C

'

erbenis

.


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In fetters Hercules

fierce

Cerberus

tied,

And

took

\rrrn

tmnl

Jiug

1

from

grim

Pluto's

side,

Train realms

of

darknefs

drag'd

away

to

H^3,

The

Celling-

monster

Kirken'd

at

tlie

siglit,

And

from

liis

jaws

tlie

foam

wniet

fell

to

earth

,

The

He

spen.de

s.


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To

crownMs

deeds,

so

wondrous

:

so

oreat

,

Pponlris

shoulders

vast

Olvmpus'

weight

He

bore,

while

Atlas

did

the

apple*

l*rrno-,

\\Tri

olilicidal

.Jniio

s^ave

to

Heaven's

dread

Khi^.

And

now

tlie

dragxHL

guarded

apj^les

won,

The

Godlike

sawliis Laborers

done.


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DIDIER

and

TEBBETT

may

also

be

had,

1

The

Abb6

Grandmottet's

new

French

Grammar,stitched,

9s.

Ditto

bound

10

6

This

Grammar

is on

a

plan

entirely

new.

For

a

most

ex-

cellent

character,

see

PAmbigii,

No.

1G9;

Panorama,

.

:

ry

Journal,

c.

c.

for

Feb.

1808

2

Gaultier's

complete

Course

of

Geography,

by

means

of

Instructive

Games,

with

Maps,

half

bound

Counters

for

the

above

Game

Also,

the

whole

of

the

Abb6

Gaultier's

other

\\orks,

in

ch

and

English.

3

The

Historical

Game

of

the

Romans,

with

Counters,

in

a

Box

Ditto.

liout

the

Counters

4

]

;^r,

with

19

heads,

halfbound

roan

4

6

5

Th

.n

who

sold

Fruit,

plain,

Is.

col.

1

6

>on

Quixote

plain,

Is.

col.

7

Th-

jack

built

plain,

Is.

col.

8

TheCobbler

and

his

ScoldingWife,

plain,

Is.

col.

9

Sam

and

his

Gun

plain,

Is.

col.

hristendom,

plain,

Is.

col.

Year's

Gift,

col.

12

Ditto,

in French

co

^

13

V:

col.

.

the

Giant-Killer

plain,

Is.

col.

Oliver's

Tiv.

plain,

Is.

col.

Orson

plain,

Is.

col.

1

7

The

Jack

Daw

at

Home

..is.

col.

plain,

Is.

col.

-..kin's

Party

plain,

Is.

col-

Parliament

plain,

Is.

col.

h

24

plates,

half

bound

roan

3

6

raisonnfe

de la

Fable,

24

plates,

2

v.

roan

;,

red

sheep

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