Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 457
... 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 . Thou shalt have Juba's dress , and Juba's guards ; The ...
... 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 . Thou shalt have Juba's dress , and Juba's guards ; The ...
Page 459
... Sempronius's tools , and had now been dangling after his heels . ' But now let us sum up all these absurdities to- gether . Sempronius goes at noon - day in Juba's clothes , and with Juba's guards , to Cato's palace , in order to pass ...
... Sempronius's tools , and had now been dangling after his heels . ' But now let us sum up all these absurdities to- gether . Sempronius goes at noon - day in Juba's clothes , and with Juba's guards , to Cato's palace , in order to pass ...
Page 460
... Sempronius's threats . Juba kills Sempronius , and takes his own army prisoners , and carries them in triumph away to Cato . Now I would fain know , if any part of Mr. Bayes's tragedy is so full of absurdity as this ? 6 Upon hearing the ...
... Sempronius's threats . Juba kills Sempronius , and takes his own army prisoners , and carries them in triumph away to Cato . Now I would fain know , if any part of Mr. Bayes's tragedy is so full of absurdity as this ? 6 Upon hearing the ...
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