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Page 451
... his principal character ; but every where , throughout it , makes virtue suffer , and vice triumph : for not only Cato is vanquished by Caesar , but the treachery and perfidiousness of Syphax prevails over the honest simplicity ADDISON 451.
... his principal character ; but every where , throughout it , makes virtue suffer , and vice triumph : for not only Cato is vanquished by Caesar , but the treachery and perfidiousness of Syphax prevails over the honest simplicity ADDISON 451.
Page 452
Samuel Johnson. treachery and perfidiousness of 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 - hearted- ness of Marcus ...
Samuel Johnson. treachery and perfidiousness of 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 - hearted- ness of Marcus ...
Page 457
... 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 . Thou shalt have Juba's dress , and Juba's ...
... 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 . Thou shalt have Juba's dress , and Juba's ...
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