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Joseph Addison. 1 THE MISCELLANEOUS WORK S , IN VERSE and PROSE , Of the Right Honourable JOSEPH ADDISON , Efq ; VOLUME the FIRST . LONDON : Printed for J. and R. TONSON . M DCC LXV . } To the RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES CRAGGS , Efq ; His.
Joseph Addison. 1 THE MISCELLANEOUS WORK S , IN VERSE and PROSE , Of the Right Honourable JOSEPH ADDISON , Efq ; VOLUME the FIRST . LONDON : Printed for J. and R. TONSON . M DCC LXV . } To the RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES CRAGGS , Efq ; His.
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... first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language and manner he caught at that time of life , as ftrongly as other young people gain a French accent , or a genteel air . An early acquaintance with the claffics ...
... first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language and manner he caught at that time of life , as ftrongly as other young people gain a French accent , or a genteel air . An early acquaintance with the claffics ...
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... first distinguished himself by his Latin compofitions , publifhed in the Mufa Anglicana , and was admired as one of the best authors fince the Auguf- tan age , in the two univerfities , and the greatest part of Europe , before he was ...
... first distinguished himself by his Latin compofitions , publifhed in the Mufa Anglicana , and was admired as one of the best authors fince the Auguf- tan age , in the two univerfities , and the greatest part of Europe , before he was ...
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... first but indifferently relished by the bulk of readers ; who expected an account , in a common way , of the customs and policies of the feveral governments in Italy , re- flexions upon the genius of the peo- ple , a map of their ...
... first but indifferently relished by the bulk of readers ; who expected an account , in a common way , of the customs and policies of the feveral governments in Italy , re- flexions upon the genius of the peo- ple , a map of their ...
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... first quality and diftinc- tion prevailed with him to put the last finishing to it , at a time when they thought the doctrine of liberty very feafonable . It is in every body's memory , memory , with what applause it was received by the ...
... first quality and diftinc- tion prevailed with him to put the last finishing to it , at a time when they thought the doctrine of liberty very feafonable . It is in every body's memory , memory , with what applause it was received by the ...
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