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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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... it be , drawn by the English Laureate , of the " Six hundred maidens clad in purest white Before two streams of light from wall to wall . ” * Tennyson's Princess . ' * CHAPTER IX . PLUTUS . THE comedy which takes its THE ECCLESIAZUSE . 153.
... it be , drawn by the English Laureate , of the " Six hundred maidens clad in purest white Before two streams of light from wall to wall . ” * Tennyson's Princess . ' * CHAPTER IX . PLUTUS . THE comedy which takes its THE ECCLESIAZUSE . 153.
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... Plutus , the god of wealth himself . But how , then , in the name of wonder , does he appear in this wretched plight ? He has just escaped , he tells them , from the house of a miser ( who is satirised by name , with all the liberty of ...
... Plutus , the god of wealth himself . But how , then , in the name of wonder , does he appear in this wretched plight ? He has just escaped , he tells them , from the house of a miser ( who is satirised by name , with all the liberty of ...
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... Plutus is very unwilling to accompany his new friend home , though Chremylus assures him that he is a man of unusual probity . " All men say that , " is the god's reply ; " but the moment they get hold of me , their probity goes to the ...
... Plutus is very unwilling to accompany his new friend home , though Chremylus assures him that he is a man of unusual probity . " All men say that , " is the god's reply ; " but the moment they get hold of me , their probity goes to the ...
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... Plutus follows his guides unwillingly . His ex- periences as the guest of men have not hitherto been pleasant : - Pl . If I perchance took lodging with a miser , He digs me a hole i ' the earth , and buries me ; And if some honest ...
... Plutus follows his guides unwillingly . His ex- periences as the guest of men have not hitherto been pleasant : - Pl . If I perchance took lodging with a miser , He digs me a hole i ' the earth , and buries me ; And if some honest ...
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