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Cf. King John, 3.1, 'Like a proud river peering o'er his bounds'; Mids. Night's Dr. 2.1, 'Have every pelting river made so proud,| That they have overborne their continents.'--notas . cf. 1.2.10; Ov. Met. 1.370, ut nondum liquidas sic iam vada mota secantes; Milt. Il Pens., 'while Cynthia checks her dragon yoke| Gently o'er the accustomed oak.'--aluere: cf. Tenn., 'full-fed river'; Homer, Il.15, 621, κύματά τε τροφόεντα.


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