Dryden's SatireMacmillan, 1966 - 182 pages |
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Page 77
... Italy and Spain , Which never did those monsters entertain ! The Wolf , the Bear , the Boar , can there advance No native claim of just inheritance ; And self - preserving laws , severe in show , May guard their fences from th ...
... Italy and Spain , Which never did those monsters entertain ! The Wolf , the Bear , the Boar , can there advance No native claim of just inheritance ; And self - preserving laws , severe in show , May guard their fences from th ...
Page 106
... Italy ; In three Victorious Battles over - run ; Yet , still uneasy , cries , ' There's nothing done Till level with the Ground their Gates are laid , And Punic Flags on Roman Towers display'd . ' Ask what a Face belong'd to his high ...
... Italy ; In three Victorious Battles over - run ; Yet , still uneasy , cries , ' There's nothing done Till level with the Ground their Gates are laid , And Punic Flags on Roman Towers display'd . ' Ask what a Face belong'd to his high ...
Page 169
... Italy in 218 B.C. , blasting the rocks by pouring vinegar on them after they had been heated . The three Victorious Battles were on the river Trebia ( 218 B.C. ) , at Lake Trasimenus ( 217 B.C. ) , and Cannae ( 216 B.C. ) . He was still ...
... Italy in 218 B.C. , blasting the rocks by pouring vinegar on them after they had been heated . The three Victorious Battles were on the river Trebia ( 218 B.C. ) , at Lake Trasimenus ( 217 B.C. ) , and Cannae ( 216 B.C. ) . He was still ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO Absalom | xlvii |
TIME CHART | lv |
Copyright | |
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