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... IV . THE CLOUDS , 11 V. THE WASPS , 11 VI . THE BIRDS , • PAGE 1 14 38 • 7.5 101 · 112 • 125 VII . THE FROGS , " VIII . THE WOMEN'S FESTIVAL . - THE ECCLESIAZUSÆ , 139 11 IX . PLUTUS , · 154 NOTE . IN ' The Knights , ' ' The.
... IV . THE CLOUDS , 11 V. THE WASPS , 11 VI . THE BIRDS , • PAGE 1 14 38 • 7.5 101 · 112 • 125 VII . THE FROGS , " VIII . THE WOMEN'S FESTIVAL . - THE ECCLESIAZUSÆ , 139 11 IX . PLUTUS , · 154 NOTE . IN ' The Knights , ' ' The.
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... Birds , ' ' The Frogs , most of the translated extracts are ta by permission , from the admirable version of t comedies by the late Mr. Hookham Frere , and marked ( F. ) For all translations not so marked present writer is responsible ...
... Birds , ' ' The Frogs , most of the translated extracts are ta by permission , from the admirable version of t comedies by the late Mr. Hookham Frere , and marked ( F. ) For all translations not so marked present writer is responsible ...
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... it not be quite enough to have raised a laugh at the absurd termination of the son's attempt to reform the father , and the tendency of all new converts to run into extremes ? CHAPTER VI . THE BIRDS . ' THE Birds ' THE WASPS . 111.
... it not be quite enough to have raised a laugh at the absurd termination of the son's attempt to reform the father , and the tendency of all new converts to run into extremes ? CHAPTER VI . THE BIRDS . ' THE Birds ' THE WASPS . 111.
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William Lucas Collins. CHAPTER VI . THE BIRDS . ' THE Birds ' of Aristophanes , though one of the longest of his comedies , and one which evidently stood high in the estimation of the author himself , has comparatively little interest ...
William Lucas Collins. CHAPTER VI . THE BIRDS . ' THE Birds ' of Aristophanes , though one of the longest of his comedies , and one which evidently stood high in the estimation of the author himself , has comparatively little interest ...
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... Birds , formerly King Tereus of Thrace , but changed , according to the mythologists , into the Hoopoe , whose magnificent crest is a very fit emblem of his royalty . His wife is Procne " the Nightingale " -daughter of a mythical king ...
... Birds , formerly King Tereus of Thrace , but changed , according to the mythologists , into the Hoopoe , whose magnificent crest is a very fit emblem of his royalty . His wife is Procne " the Nightingale " -daughter of a mythical king ...
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