With whom did Apollo dwell while he was on earth? […] Ulysses contrived to intoxicate Polyphemus, and while he was asleep extinguished his only eye. […] As a daughter of Astrea, or Justice, she rewarded virtue, while she punished vice with unrelenting severity. […] Happy days were spun out of gold and silver, while the thread of sorrow was of black worsted. […] He is said to have died suddenly, while he was engaged in pleading the cause of an intimate friend.

Consequently, Tithonus was burthened with all the infirmities of old age, while Aurora still flourished in full bloom. […] She has always a smiling countenance; and one foot lightly touching the earth, while the other sports in air. […] Happy days were spun out of gold and silver, while the thread of sorrow was of black worsted. […] As a daughter of Astrea, or Justice, she rewarded virtue, while she punished vice with unrelenting severity. […] Some assert that he was a king more ancient than either of them; while others say that he was Misraim, son of Ham.