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... lines from Statius 10 . 11 3. From Mr. WEST . Approbation of the version . Ridicule on the Cambridge Collection of Verses on the marriage of the Prince of Wales Preface of the Editor to the subsequent letter 4. To Mr. WEST . On the ...
... lines from Statius 10 . 11 3. From Mr. WEST . Approbation of the version . Ridicule on the Cambridge Collection of Verses on the marriage of the Prince of Wales Preface of the Editor to the subsequent letter 4. To Mr. WEST . On the ...
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... lines . For this little while past I have been playing with Statius ; we yesterday had a game at quoits together : you will easily forgive me for having broke his head , as you have a little pique to him . I send you my translation ...
... lines . For this little while past I have been playing with Statius ; we yesterday had a game at quoits together : you will easily forgive me for having broke his head , as you have a little pique to him . I send you my translation ...
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... lines abso- lutely cut off , and its other limbs quartered in a most barbarous manner . I will send it you in my next as my true and lawful heir , in exclusion of the pretender , who has the impudence to appear under my name . As yet I ...
... lines abso- lutely cut off , and its other limbs quartered in a most barbarous manner . I will send it you in my next as my true and lawful heir , in exclusion of the pretender , who has the impudence to appear under my name . As yet I ...
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... lines give back the image of my heart ) At me the pow'r that comes or soon or late , Or aims , or seems to aim , the dart of Fate : From you remote , methinks alone I stand Like some sad exile in a desert land ; Around no friends their ...
... lines give back the image of my heart ) At me the pow'r that comes or soon or late , Or aims , or seems to aim , the dart of Fate : From you remote , methinks alone I stand Like some sad exile in a desert land ; Around no friends their ...
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... peculiar blemish in the second line , arising from the synonimes mala and poma . + Here he quits Tibullus ; the ten following verses have but a remote reference to Mr. Pope's letter . * * ' Tis like the stream , beside whose c 2 ( 23 )
... peculiar blemish in the second line , arising from the synonimes mala and poma . + Here he quits Tibullus ; the ten following verses have but a remote reference to Mr. Pope's letter . * * ' Tis like the stream , beside whose c 2 ( 23 )
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