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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 ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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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