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THE
COMEDIES
OF
TERENCE.
LITERALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE,
WITH NOTES.
By HENRY THOMAS RILEY, B.A.,
LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.
TO WHICH IS ADDED
THE BLANK VERSE TRANSLATION OF
GEORGE COLMAN.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1896.
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