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... lines seriously , and that some wag had added the two latter in burlesque . Who would expect the lines that immediately follow , which are indeed perhaps indecently hyperboli- cal , but certainly in a mode totally different ? To see ...
... lines seriously , and that some wag had added the two latter in burlesque . Who would expect the lines that immediately follow , which are indeed perhaps indecently hyperboli- cal , but certainly in a mode totally different ? To see ...
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... lines of Phaer's third Æneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's king- dom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or cæsura , always ...
... lines of Phaer's third Æneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's king- dom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or cæsura , always ...
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Samuel Johnson. examined lines and words with minute and punctil- ious observation , and retouched every part with ... line , " he said , " was then written twice over ; I gave him a clean tran- script , which he sent some time ...
Samuel Johnson. examined lines and words with minute and punctil- ious observation , and retouched every part with ... line , " he said , " was then written twice over ; I gave him a clean tran- script , which he sent some time ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
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