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... epigram , asks when she was seen naked and bathing . Then Cupid is mistaken ; then Cupid is disarmed ; then he loses his darts to Ganymede ; then Jupiter sends him a summons by Mercury . Then Chloe goes a - hunting with an ivory quiver ...
... epigram , asks when she was seen naked and bathing . Then Cupid is mistaken ; then Cupid is disarmed ; then he loses his darts to Ganymede ; then Jupiter sends him a summons by Mercury . Then Chloe goes a - hunting with an ivory quiver ...
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... epigrams and lighter pieces are , like those of others , sometimes elegant , sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the “ Chamelion " and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so ...
... epigrams and lighter pieces are , like those of others , sometimes elegant , sometimes trifling , and sometimes dull ; among the best are the “ Chamelion " and the epitaph on John and Joan . Scarcely any one of our poets has written so ...
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... epigram- matists , and have been informed that he poached for prey among obscure authors . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production , with how much justice this epigram may tell , which ...
... epigram- matists , and have been informed that he poached for prey among obscure authors . The " Thief and Cordelier " is , I suppose , generally considered as an original production , with how much justice this epigram may tell , which ...
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... epigram upon dull writers , that it became at last a byword of contempt ; but it deserves observation , that malignity takes hold only of his writings , and that his life passed without re- proach , even when his boldness of ...
... epigram upon dull writers , that it became at last a byword of contempt ; but it deserves observation , that malignity takes hold only of his writings , and that his life passed without re- proach , even when his boldness of ...
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... epigrams and essays were in danger where gold and diamonds are safe . A cat hunted for his musk is , according to Pope's account , but the emblem of a wit winded by booksellers . His complaint , however , received some attestation , for ...
... epigrams and essays were in danger where gold and diamonds are safe . A cat hunted for his musk is , according to Pope's account , but the emblem of a wit winded by booksellers . His complaint , however , received some attestation , for ...
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