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Edward Burnaby Greene. the heavicft verfe could have furnished : " AJAX ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to " throw ... verfe and the epithet were evidently defigned by the poet ; but not fo much to represent represent the fwiftnefs of ...
Edward Burnaby Greene. the heavicft verfe could have furnished : " AJAX ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to " throw ... verfe and the epithet were evidently defigned by the poet ; but not fo much to represent represent the fwiftnefs of ...
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... verfe , and worthier of OviD than of VIRGIL , from tautology of expreffion . - 3d , Mittunt in- Jomnia manes , too near the portâ emittit eburnâ ' n the next line but one ; befides fomni ' in The firft verfe , which has a difagreeable ...
... verfe , and worthier of OviD than of VIRGIL , from tautology of expreffion . - 3d , Mittunt in- Jomnia manes , too near the portâ emittit eburnâ ' n the next line but one ; befides fomni ' in The firft verfe , which has a difagreeable ...
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... verfe , but one . ' Sed ' feems to refer to the fplendor of the ivory gate , through which it might rather be construed , that fcenes fhould iffue founded in truth , or at leaft on what is furmifed to be fuch . ( See Dr. JORTIN's remark ...
... verfe , but one . ' Sed ' feems to refer to the fplendor of the ivory gate , through which it might rather be construed , that fcenes fhould iffue founded in truth , or at leaft on what is furmifed to be fuch . ( See Dr. JORTIN's remark ...
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