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... pass , And but one day for triumph was allow'd , The consul was constrain'd his pomp to crowd ; And so the swift procession hurry'd on , That all , though not distinctly , might be shown : So in the straiten'd bounds of life confin'd ...
... pass , And but one day for triumph was allow'd , The consul was constrain'd his pomp to crowd ; And so the swift procession hurry'd on , That all , though not distinctly , might be shown : So in the straiten'd bounds of life confin'd ...
Page 453
... passes in the great hall of Cato's house at Utica . Much therefore is done in the hall , for which any other place had been more fit ; and this impropriety affords Dennis many hints of merriment , and opportunities of triumph . The pass ...
... passes in the great hall of Cato's house at Utica . Much therefore is done in the hall , for which any other place had been more fit ; and this impropriety affords Dennis many hints of merriment , and opportunities of triumph . The pass ...
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... pass with his mistress through the southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where she would certainly prove an impediment to him , which is the Roman word for the baggage ; instead of doing this , Sempronius is ...
... pass with his mistress through the southern gate , where her brother Marcus is upon the guard , and where she would certainly prove an impediment to him , which is the Roman word for the baggage ; instead of doing this , Sempronius is ...
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