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An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams Read Online
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An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams
Pierre Nicole
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2022-07-22
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[50] 3.44. 1-5, 9-18. The lines cut, 6-8, read in translation: ”No tigress wild for her lost cubs, / No viper burned by the noon sun, / No scorpion begets such fear.” In line 11, line 8 of the translation, Nicole reads _canenti_ for the received _cacanti_. The latter reading will yield in translation a rhyme with the preceding line.