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Page 437
... to demand Marcia of her father. But the quarrel and rage of Juba and Syphax,
in the same Act, the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato; the
advice that he gives Juba, in her father's hall, to bear away Marcia by force; ...
... to demand Marcia of her father. But the quarrel and rage of Juba and Syphax,
in the same Act, the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato; the
advice that he gives Juba, in her father's hall, to bear away Marcia by force; ...
Page 439
... in the same day, with his old comrade Syphax? who enters at the same time
that the guards are carrying away the leaders, big with the news of the defeat of
Sempronius; though where he had his intelligence so soon is difficult to imagine.
... in the same day, with his old comrade Syphax? who enters at the same time
that the guards are carrying away the leaders, big with the news of the defeat of
Sempronius; though where he had his intelligence so soon is difficult to imagine.
Page 440
Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately; and, being a Numi- dian,
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
doors ...
Syphax puts Sempronius out of pain immediately; and, being a Numi- dian,
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
doors ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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