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1  When you have got past the gates and through the outer court, go right across the inner court till you come to my mother.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
2  Immediately after we had got past the island I saw a great wave from which spray was rising, and I heard a loud roaring sound.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XII
3  No ship ever yet got past her without losing some men, for she shoots out all her heads at once, and carries off a man in each mouth.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XII
4  Wake up Penelope, my dear child," she exclaimed, "and see with your own eyes something that you have been wanting this long time past.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XXIII
5  As long as we are going past the fields and farm lands, follow briskly behind the waggon along with the maids and I will lead the way myself.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK VI
6  Ulysses," said he, "now that you have reached my house I doubt not you will get home without further misadventure no matter how much you have suffered in the past.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XIII
7  This three years past, and close on four, she had been driving us out of our minds, by encouraging each one of us, and sending him messages without meaning one word of what she says.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK II
8  The only vessel that ever sailed and got through, was the famous Argo on her way from the house of Aetes, and she too would have gone against these great rocks, only that Juno piloted her past them for the love she bore to Jason.
The Odyssey By Homer
ContextHighlight   In BOOK XII