Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Should I tell you gravely , that without the help of Coins we fhould never have known which was the firft of the Emperors that wore a beard , or rode in ftirrups , I might turn my fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a ...
... Should I tell you gravely , that without the help of Coins we fhould never have known which was the firft of the Emperors that wore a beard , or rode in ftirrups , I might turn my fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a ...
Page 37
... Should a Roman Painter at pre- sent draw the picture of Virtue , inftead of the Spear and Paratonium that the bears on old coins , he would give her a Buft in one hand and a Fid- dle in the other . The next , fays Philander , is a Lady ...
... Should a Roman Painter at pre- sent draw the picture of Virtue , inftead of the Spear and Paratonium that the bears on old coins , he would give her a Buft in one hand and a Fid- dle in the other . The next , fays Philander , is a Lady ...
Page 145
... should first of all , fays Philander , confider the difference of the Metals that we find in an- cient and modern Coins , but as this fpeculation is more curious than improving , I believe you will excufe me if I do not dwell long upon ...
... should first of all , fays Philander , confider the difference of the Metals that we find in an- cient and modern Coins , but as this fpeculation is more curious than improving , I believe you will excufe me if I do not dwell long upon ...
Page 148
... should fee on our half peny and farthing pieces , the feveral defigns that fhow themfelves in their perfection on our Medals . If we now confider , continued Philander , the different Occafions or Subjects of ancient and modern Medals ...
... should fee on our half peny and farthing pieces , the feveral defigns that fhow themfelves in their perfection on our Medals . If we now confider , continued Philander , the different Occafions or Subjects of ancient and modern Medals ...
Page 152
... should have found in them they would have shown us the different state of Wit , as it flourished or decayed in the feveral ages of the Roman Empire . There is no doubt , fays Philander , but our forefathers , if they had plea- fed ...
... should have found in them they would have shown us the different state of Wit , as it flourished or decayed in the feveral ages of the Roman Empire . There is no doubt , fays Philander , but our forefathers , if they had plea- fed ...
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