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PRINCIPLES OF
Chap. IX.

appears so demure now, that you'd think butter would not melt in his mouth; yet I shall soon make him open his pipes, and roar like a persecuted bear." Dryden's Lucian, Timon.

"He changes his name, and instead of Byrria, Dromo, or Tibius, now takes the name of Megacles, or Megabyzus, or Protarchus, leaving the rest of the expectants gaping and looking at one another in silent sorrow." Franklin's Lucian, Timon.

"Straight he changes his name, so that the rascal, who the moment be


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  1. Αντι τα τεως Πυρρια, η Δρομωνος, η Τιβια, Μεγακλης, Μεγαβυζος, η Πρωταρχος μετονομασθεις, τας ματην κεχηνοτας εκεινας εις αλληλας αποβλεποντας καταλιπων, &c. Lucian, Timon.

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