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... line : Nothing , thou elder brother ev'n to Shade . In this line , I know not whether he does not allude to a curious . book De Umbra , by Wowerus , which , having told the qualities of Shade , concludes with a poem , in which are these ...
... line : Nothing , thou elder brother ev'n to Shade . In this line , I know not whether he does not allude to a curious . book De Umbra , by Wowerus , which , having told the qualities of Shade , concludes with a poem , in which are these ...
Page 192
... lines of Phaer's third Eneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's kingdom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or cæsura , always at ...
... lines of Phaer's third Eneid will exemplify this measure : When Asia's state was overthrown , and Priam's kingdom stout , All guiltless , by the power of gods above was rooted out . As these lines had their break , or cæsura , always at ...
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... lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater distance : an exemplification may be considered as two parallel lines , which run on together without approximation , never far separated , and never ...
... lines converging at a point , and is more excellent as the lines approach from greater distance : an exemplification may be considered as two parallel lines , which run on together without approximation , never far separated , and never ...
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