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Volume Iii Part 136 (1/2)
232. SALl.u.s.t, Bel. Cat.
'By bestowing nothing he acquired glory.'
233. VIRG. Ecl. x. v. 60.
'As if by these my sufferings I could ease; Or by my pains the G.o.d of love appease.'
(Dryden).
234. HOR. 1 Sat. iii. 41.
'I wish this error in your friends.h.i.+p reign'd.'
(Creech).
235. HOR. Ars Poet. v. 81.
'Awes the tumultuous noises of the pit.'
(Roscommon).
236. HOR. Ars Poet. v. 398.
'With laws connubial tyrants to restrain.'
237. SENECA in Oedip.
'They that are dim of sight see truth by halves.'
238. PERSIUS, Sat. iv. 50.
'No more to flattering crowds thine ear incline, Eager to drink the praise which is not thine.'
(Brewster).