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invidendis: sure to arouse envy; 2.10.7; Tibull. 3.3.20; Martial, Liber Spect. 2.3, invidiosa feri radiabant atria regis (of Nero's Golden House); Shaks. Tim. of Athens, 3.4, 'Who can speak broader than he that hath no house to put his head in? Such may rail against great buildings.' Does this explain Milton's 'th' Almighty hath not built| Here for his envy,' which puzzles editors?


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