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... occasion the Virgilian Lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . • Consulting , the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilia- næ , is a method of divination by the opening of Vir- gil , and applying to the circumstances ...
... occasion the Virgilian Lots , and to have given some credit to the answer of his oracle . • Consulting , the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilia- næ , is a method of divination by the opening of Vir- gil , and applying to the circumstances ...
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... occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
... occasion , they should have said or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human nature ; as beings looking upon good and evil , impassive and at leisure ; as Epicurean deities , making remarks on the actions of men ...
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... occasions , with this thought to be the worse for being true . great variety of style and sentiment , from bur- The bay leaf crackles remarkably as it burns lesque levity to awful grandeur . Such an as- as therefore this property was ...
... occasions , with this thought to be the worse for being true . great variety of style and sentiment , from bur- The bay leaf crackles remarkably as it burns lesque levity to awful grandeur . Such an as- as therefore this property was ...
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... occasions , the full ex- tent and the nice discriminations cannot be as- certained . The fable is plainly implex , formed rather from the Odyssey than the Iliad : and many artifices of diversification are employed , with the skill of a ...
... occasions , the full ex- tent and the nice discriminations cannot be as- certained . The fable is plainly implex , formed rather from the Odyssey than the Iliad : and many artifices of diversification are employed , with the skill of a ...
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... occasion " a merry fellow , " and in com- mon with most of them to have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it . Nothing is less exhilarating than the ludicrousness of Denham ; he does not fail for want of efforts : he ...
... occasion " a merry fellow , " and in com- mon with most of them to have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it . Nothing is less exhilarating than the ludicrousness of Denham ; he does not fail for want of efforts : he ...
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