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Page 110
She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the ' Metamorphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not ...
She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the ' Metamorphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not ...
Page 152
curious book De Umbra , by Wowerus , which , having told the qualities of Shade , concludes with a poem in which are these lines : Jam primum terram validis circumspice claustris Suspensam totam , decus admirabile mundi Terrasque ...
curious book De Umbra , by Wowerus , which , having told the qualities of Shade , concludes with a poem in which are these lines : Jam primum terram validis circumspice claustris Suspensam totam , decus admirabile mundi Terrasque ...
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A simile may be compared to lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater distance : an exemplification may be considered as two parallel lines which run on together without approximation , never ...
A simile may be compared to lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater distance : an exemplification may be considered as two parallel lines which run on together without approximation , never ...
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