The Adventures of Telemachus, 1; The Son of Ulysses. in Seventy-Four Books. with the Adventures of Chris Honours Written by ... Done Into English from (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1728 Excerpt: ...had Death before his Eyes; every one saw the Abyss open to swallow him up j every one deplor'd his Misfortune, and had not so much as the wretched hopes of that imperfect Reft, which the Souls enjoy, that have crofs'd the River Styx, after their Bodies have receiv'd Burial. Jdomenem, lifting up his Eyes and Hands to Heaven, invok'd Neptune in these Words: O powerful God I who commanded the Empire of the Sea, vouchsafe to hear the Prayers of theDistressed: if thou deliverest me from the Fury of the Winds, and bringest me safe to Crete, the first Head I see, shall fall by my own Hands 3 Sacrifice to thy Deity. In the mean time his Son, impatient to see his Father, made haste to meet and embrace him at his Landing: Unhappy Youth who knew not that he was running to his own Destruction The Father, who had escap'd the Storm, arriv'd safe in the wish'd-for Haven. He return'd thanks to Neptune for hearing his Prayers, but soon found how fatal they had been to him. A black presage of his Misfortune made him bitterly to repent his rash Vow. He dreaded his coming amongst his Friends and Relations; and he fear'd to fee whatever was dear to him in the world. But the inexorable Goddess Nemesis, who is ever watchful to punish Men, and especially haughty Kings, push'd him on with a fataL H 1 and and invisible hand. Idomenim arrives, hardly daring to lift up his Eyes: He fees his Son: He flares back with Horror; his Eyes, in vain, look about for some other Head to serve for his vow'd Sacrifice. His Son approach'd, and threw his Arms about-his Neck, furpriz'd to fee his Father dissolving in Tears, and making no return to his tenderness. O my Father said he, whence comes this sadness, after so long absence? Are you displeas'd to fee your Kingdom, and to be the Joy of your ...