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Goldsmith's essays

Note 12 — XVII. ON HYPERBOLE.

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Speaking of the first he says,

Tollimur in cœlum curvato gurgite, et idem Subductâ ad manes imos descendimus undâ.

Of the other,

Attollitque globos flammarum, et sidera lambit.

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