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Me deus e vitae lapidem fecit, Lapidemq Arte decit vecit russus. viviare Praxitiles

E vita saxum De ina fesere sed arte denuo jussit opus vivere Praxitiles

The powers divine to marble life reduced Praxitales from marble life produc'd

On Themistocles

Be Greece the Monument, & crown the Height With all the Trophies of the naval Fight. Let Parrias Man & Xerses swell the base; Such forms alone Themistocles can grace. Next like a column of majestic Size, His Arts inscrib'd let Salamis arise Swell every part, & give the Hero room For nothing small should scandalize the Tomb

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