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... Lines , -Mihi nunc Ligus ora Intepet , hibernatque meum mare , qua latus ingens Dant fcopuli , multa littus fe valle receptat Lunai portum eft opera cognofcere cives . Perf . Sat. vi . ver . 6 . In which the Ligurians alledge that the ...
... Lines , -Mihi nunc Ligus ora Intepet , hibernatque meum mare , qua latus ingens Dant fcopuli , multa littus fe valle receptat Lunai portum eft opera cognofcere cives . Perf . Sat. vi . ver . 6 . In which the Ligurians alledge that the ...
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... Lines ? I imagine therefore that the Torva Mimalloneis & c . can neither be a Frag- ment of Nero's Poetry , nor an Imitation of his Verfes . For , further , if he was a Man of that Temper to be dif- pleafed at the Raillery Auriculas ...
... Lines ? I imagine therefore that the Torva Mimalloneis & c . can neither be a Frag- ment of Nero's Poetry , nor an Imitation of his Verfes . For , further , if he was a Man of that Temper to be dif- pleafed at the Raillery Auriculas ...
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... Line , diffuades him , by all Means , from an Undertaking fo perilous ; advifing him rather , if he needs muft write , to accommodate his Vein to the Tafte of the Times , and to write like other People . PERSIUS acknowledges that this ...
... Line , diffuades him , by all Means , from an Undertaking fo perilous ; advifing him rather , if he needs muft write , to accommodate his Vein to the Tafte of the Times , and to write like other People . PERSIUS acknowledges that this ...
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... Line ( Affifted by the foft , falacious Whine ) Shoots thro ' the Bones it's prurient Influence , And wakes the tickled Marrow's inmoft Sense ; 50 Lo , how they all a wriggling Joy confefs , And vile Applause , in broken Sounds ...
... Line ( Affifted by the foft , falacious Whine ) Shoots thro ' the Bones it's prurient Influence , And wakes the tickled Marrow's inmoft Sense ; 50 Lo , how they all a wriggling Joy confefs , And vile Applause , in broken Sounds ...
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... purple Beaus , A naufeous Preface fnuffles thro ' the Nose ; Some old , fome fad old Tale , then forth he whines , Made fadder still by lamentable Lines . 2 70 75 Tells Tells how Hypfipile a Captive figh'd , Or how poor ( II )
... purple Beaus , A naufeous Preface fnuffles thro ' the Nose ; Some old , fome fad old Tale , then forth he whines , Made fadder still by lamentable Lines . 2 70 75 Tells Tells how Hypfipile a Captive figh'd , Or how poor ( II )
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