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Amplified, augmented, and delivered paraphrastically in verse; by . . .

From The Library of William Congreve by Hodges, John Cunyus

In this list three poets are not spoken of directly by name, but, from metrical or other reasons, are alluded to paraphrastically.

From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)

Licquet is paraphrastically warm in his version, here.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

The same meaning is thus paraphrastically conveyed:—   By my official power, I swear,   That you shall smell the country air.—Rebelliad, p.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

Or as the learned Master T. Hood doth paraphrastically translate it.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William