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... learned allusion to sepulchral lamps real or fabulous , " Twixt his right ribs deep pierc'd the furious blade , And open'd wide those secret vessels where Life's light goes out , when first they let in air ' . ' 156 But he has allusions ...
... learned allusion to sepulchral lamps real or fabulous , " Twixt his right ribs deep pierc'd the furious blade , And open'd wide those secret vessels where Life's light goes out , when first they let in air ' . ' 156 But he has allusions ...
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... learned in Europe . To which the great Sal- masius fiercely replied : - " Do you and Mr. Maussac join yourselves to all that is learned in the world , and you shall find that I alone am a match for you all . " ' WARBURTON , quoted in ...
... learned in Europe . To which the great Sal- masius fiercely replied : - " Do you and Mr. Maussac join yourselves to all that is learned in the world , and you shall find that I alone am a match for you all . " ' WARBURTON , quoted in ...
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... learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards , and found her there . ' DRY- DEN , Works , xv . 344. Johnson quotes these words in his Preface to Shake- speare , Works , v . 153 . ' Unhappily both ...
... learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards , and found her there . ' DRY- DEN , Works , xv . 344. Johnson quotes these words in his Preface to Shake- speare , Works , v . 153 . ' Unhappily both ...
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