The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 500
... Syphax pre- vail 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 pre- vail 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 502
... Syphax , and then the two politicians are at it immediately . They lay their heads together , with their snuff - boxes in their hands , as Mr. Bayes has it , and feague it away . But , in the midst of that wise scene , Syphax seems to ...
... Syphax , and then the two politicians are at it immediately . They lay their heads together , with their snuff - boxes in their hands , as Mr. Bayes has it , and feague it away . But , in the midst of that wise scene , Syphax seems to ...
Page 503
... Syphax , in the same Act ; the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in her fa- ther's hall , to bear away Marcia by force ; and his brutal and clamorous rage upon his refusal , and at a time ...
... Syphax , in the same Act ; the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in her fa- ther's hall , to bear away Marcia by force ; and his brutal and clamorous rage upon his refusal , and at a time ...
Page 506
... Syphax mean by finding her out ? They talk as if she were as hard to be found as a hare in a frosty morning . Semp . But how to gain admission ! Oh ! she is found out then , it seems . But how to gain admission ! for access Is given to ...
... Syphax mean by finding her out ? They talk as if she were as hard to be found as a hare in a frosty morning . Semp . But how to gain admission ! Oh ! she is found out then , it seems . But how to gain admission ! for access Is given to ...
Page 507
... Syphax gave to Sempronius was , To hurry her away by manly force ; in my opinion , the shortest and likeliest way of coming at the lady was by demolishing , instead of putting on an impertinent disguise to circumvent two or three slaves ...
... Syphax gave to Sempronius was , To hurry her away by manly force ; in my opinion , the shortest and likeliest way of coming at the lady was by demolishing , instead of putting on an impertinent disguise to circumvent two or three slaves ...
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