Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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Page 135
... Syphax prevails over the honest simplicity and the credulity of Juba , and the sly subtlety and dissimulation of Portius over the generous frankness and open - heartedness of Marcus ' . ' Whatever pleasure there may be in seeing crimes ...
... Syphax prevails over the honest simplicity and the credulity of Juba , and the sly subtlety and dissimulation of Portius over the generous frankness and open - heartedness of Marcus ' . ' Whatever pleasure there may be in seeing crimes ...
Page 136
... and an English schoolmaster , can make a building or a tragedy without a fault against proportion or the three unities ; and the one or the other might make either . ' soliloquy , and immediately in comes Syphax , and then 136 ADDISON.
... and an English schoolmaster , can make a building or a tragedy without a fault against proportion or the three unities ; and the one or the other might make either . ' soliloquy , and immediately in comes Syphax , and then 136 ADDISON.
Page 137
... Syphax seems to give a seasonable caution to Sempronius : " Syph . But is it true , Sempronius , that your senate Is ... Syphax in the same Act ; the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in ...
... Syphax seems to give a seasonable caution to Sempronius : " Syph . But is it true , Sempronius , that your senate Is ... Syphax in the same Act ; the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in ...
Page 139
... Syphax ? who enters at the same time that the guards are carrying away the leaders , big with the news of the defeat ... Syphax : " What hinders then , but that thou find her out , And hurry her away by manly force ? " But what does old ...
... Syphax ? who enters at the same time that the guards are carrying away the leaders , big with the news of the defeat ... Syphax : " What hinders then , but that thou find her out , And hurry her away by manly force ? " But what does old ...
Page 140
... 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 [ pareillo ] : " Syph . Thou shalt have Juba's dress , and ...
... 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 [ pareillo ] : " Syph . Thou shalt have Juba's dress , and ...
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