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therefore of impropriety ; and , to give efficacy to his t words , concludes by lashing his breast with his long tail . he Envy , after a pause , steps out , and among other declara- tions of her zeal utters these lines : Do thou but ...
therefore of impropriety ; and , to give efficacy to his t words , concludes by lashing his breast with his long tail . he Envy , after a pause , steps out , and among other declara- tions of her zeal utters these lines : Do thou but ...
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Thus he gives him that pedantick ostenta- fion of knowledge which has no relation to chivalry , and loads him with ... It is probable , that the hero was to be led through many luckless adventures , which would give occasion , like his ...
Thus he gives him that pedantick ostenta- fion of knowledge which has no relation to chivalry , and loads him with ... It is probable , that the hero was to be led through many luckless adventures , which would give occasion , like his ...
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But the poet was driven upon this absurdity to make way for another ; and that is , to give Juba an opportunity to ... in the same Act , the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in her ...
But the poet was driven upon this absurdity to make way for another ; and that is , to give Juba an opportunity to ... in the same Act , the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in her ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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