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670. This line is the counterpart of 570. Both lines hâve been criticised as inconsistent with the dignity of tragedy, their fault, to such critics, being that they are natural. Perseus, in a Latin satire (v. 168), expressed the same hope of a rejected lover : ** Do you think, Davus, that she will weep if I leave her."

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