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... trembled at his nod . ' Juno , however , has witnessed the interview , and a con- nubial dialogue ensues , in which she is silenced by the Thunderer . Vulcan soothes his mother with nectar , and 2 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... trembled at his nod . ' Juno , however , has witnessed the interview , and a con- nubial dialogue ensues , in which she is silenced by the Thunderer . Vulcan soothes his mother with nectar , and 2 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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... dialogue . People is , at length , convinced that Black - pudding is his best friend , and desires Cleon to give up his seal of office . The discarded manager begs his employer will listen to one more oracle he has to communicate ...
... dialogue . People is , at length , convinced that Black - pudding is his best friend , and desires Cleon to give up his seal of office . The discarded manager begs his employer will listen to one more oracle he has to communicate ...
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... dialogue takes place with the bridesmaid , who brings the message and prevails . A broad farce ensues between Dicæopolis , whose banquet is preparing , and Lamachus , who is summoned to an attack on the frontier . A choral ode allows ...
... dialogue takes place with the bridesmaid , who brings the message and prevails . A broad farce ensues between Dicæopolis , whose banquet is preparing , and Lamachus , who is summoned to an attack on the frontier . A choral ode allows ...
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... dialogue takes place . Mars , in the form of a giant , interrupts them , and , with the help of his man Tumult , proceeds to throw into a mortar various ingredients representing the different states concerned in the war , such as garlic ...
... dialogue takes place . Mars , in the form of a giant , interrupts them , and , with the help of his man Tumult , proceeds to throw into a mortar various ingredients representing the different states concerned in the war , such as garlic ...
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... dialogues , receives absurd explanations of questions which he puts to the students , and learns from Socrates himself that water - cresses grow by thinking . The philo- sopher then invokes the Clouds , the great divinities to idle men ...
... dialogues , receives absurd explanations of questions which he puts to the students , and learns from Socrates himself that water - cresses grow by thinking . The philo- sopher then invokes the Clouds , the great divinities to idle men ...
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