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Page 163
And wherever there are carcases , It will be recollected that the Bible version
gives ' man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward . ' Mr . Good thus
endeavours to justify his departure from that translation : the passage occurs in
chap ...
And wherever there are carcases , It will be recollected that the Bible version
gives ' man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward . ' Mr . Good thus
endeavours to justify his departure from that translation : the passage occurs in
chap ...
Page 236
In the 325th page I have explained how the poet came to use the word
metaphorically in this passage : it originated in the allusion , which the chorus
had just been making to the marriage of Hercules and lole , followed by the
allusion to the ...
In the 325th page I have explained how the poet came to use the word
metaphorically in this passage : it originated in the allusion , which the chorus
had just been making to the marriage of Hercules and lole , followed by the
allusion to the ...
Page 242
It is , as we have demonstrated , a great fault with Mr . Barker , that he avoids
considering the context of the passages , which he quotes : so he says : “ The
primary meaning of mactare is augere : the word occurs much more frequently in
its ...
It is , as we have demonstrated , a great fault with Mr . Barker , that he avoids
considering the context of the passages , which he quotes : so he says : “ The
primary meaning of mactare is augere : the word occurs much more frequently in
its ...
Page 243
In the 80th page , upon another passage of Tacitus , I observe that “ my
interpretation is supported by the context . ” In p . 112 , upon another passage of
Tacitus ( Literarum secreta viri pariter ac feminæ ignorant , c . 19 . ) of which the
meaning ...
In the 80th page , upon another passage of Tacitus , I observe that “ my
interpretation is supported by the context . ” In p . 112 , upon another passage of
Tacitus ( Literarum secreta viri pariter ac feminæ ignorant , c . 19 . ) of which the
meaning ...
Page 245
We are obliged to Mr . Barker for the information that TÈS écrou is very
analogous to our expression of over the hills , and far away , which is proverbial ,
and a parallel passage is cited from Campbell ' s Gertrude of Wyoming , : But who
is he ...
We are obliged to Mr . Barker for the information that TÈS écrou is very
analogous to our expression of over the hills , and far away , which is proverbial ,
and a parallel passage is cited from Campbell ' s Gertrude of Wyoming , : But who
is he ...
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