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... similar writers , and also to have borrowed from early historians and poets , whose productions have not descended to us . His work is inscribed to the Latin poet Cornelius Gallus , the contemporary and friend of Virgil . Indeed the ...
... similar writers , and also to have borrowed from early historians and poets , whose productions have not descended to us . His work is inscribed to the Latin poet Cornelius Gallus , the contemporary and friend of Virgil . Indeed the ...
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... similar local legend in the Brandenburg March ( Magazin für die Lite- ratur des Auslandes , 1843 , No. 77 ) .-- LIEB . 1 Indian literature indeed bears traces of Greek influence subsequent to the expedition of Alexander , and there is ...
... similar local legend in the Brandenburg March ( Magazin für die Lite- ratur des Auslandes , 1843 , No. 77 ) .-- LIEB . 1 Indian literature indeed bears traces of Greek influence subsequent to the expedition of Alexander , and there is ...
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... child is named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 Αἰθιωπικῶν βιβλία δέκα . 2 Cf. the similar incident in Tasso's Gerus . Lib . XII . 23 , etc. her reputed father . At the end of this period 24 [ CH . I. HISTORY OF FICTION .
... child is named Chariclea , and remains for seven years with 1 Αἰθιωπικῶν βιβλία δέκα . 2 Cf. the similar incident in Tasso's Gerus . Lib . XII . 23 , etc. her reputed father . At the end of this period 24 [ CH . I. HISTORY OF FICTION .
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... similar reasons , for brother and sister while in Egypt [ 1 Mos . xii . 13 , xx . 2 ] , and that Isaac and Rebecca im- posed on the people of Gerar under pretence of the same relationship [ 1 Mos . xxvi . 7 ] . Chariclea , however , is ...
... similar reasons , for brother and sister while in Egypt [ 1 Mos . xii . 13 , xx . 2 ] , and that Isaac and Rebecca im- posed on the people of Gerar under pretence of the same relationship [ 1 Mos . xxvi . 7 ] . Chariclea , however , is ...
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... similar misfortunes . In works of art , we wish for that diversity exhibited in the appearances of nature , and require that every step should bring to view some object , or some arrangement , which has not been previously presented ...
... similar misfortunes . In works of art , we wish for that diversity exhibited in the appearances of nature , and require that every step should bring to view some object , or some arrangement , which has not been previously presented ...
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