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From Rome he passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso .
From Rome he passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso .
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alcar ; As when in glory , through the public place , The spoils of conqucr'd nations were to 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 ...
alcar ; As when in glory , through the public place , The spoils of conqucr'd nations were to 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 ...
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Well ! but let that pass . Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately ; and , being a Numidian , abounding in wiles , supplies him with a stratagem for admission , that , I believe , is a non - pareille : " Syph .
Well ! but let that pass . Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately ; and , being a Numidian , abounding in wiles , supplies him with a stratagem for admission , that , I believe , is a non - pareille : " Syph .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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