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On this occasion, one old stager, A rat as grey as any badger, Who had in battle lost his tail, Abstained from smelling at the meal; And cried, far off, 'Ah!

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

But though from violence, yet not from words275 Abstained Achilles, but with bitter taunt Opprobrious, his antagonist reproached.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William