Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Emperors , for example , have had Wives , and fome of them Children , that no authors have mentioned . We are therefore obliged to the ftudy of coins for having made new difcoveries to the learned , and given them information of fuch ...
... Emperors , for example , have had Wives , and fome of them Children , that no authors have mentioned . We are therefore obliged to the ftudy of coins for having made new difcoveries to the learned , and given them information of fuch ...
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... Medals not on- ly the names and perfons of Emperors , Kings , Confuls , Pro - confuls , Prætors , and the like cha- racters of importance , but of fome of the Poets , } and and of feveral who had won the prizes at the of Ancient Medals .
... Medals not on- ly the names and perfons of Emperors , Kings , Confuls , Pro - confuls , Prætors , and the like cha- racters of importance , but of fome of the Poets , } and and of feveral who had won the prizes at the of Ancient Medals .
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... emperors and empreffes , men and children , gods and wreftlers . Nay you have cons jured up perfons that exift no where elfe but on old , coins , and have made our Paffions and Vir- tues and Vices vifible . ' I could never have thought ...
... emperors and empreffes , men and children , gods and wreftlers . Nay you have cons jured up perfons that exift no where elfe but on old , coins , and have made our Paffions and Vir- tues and Vices vifible . ' I could never have thought ...
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... Emperor , but at the fame time mark out the year in which they were performed . Every exploit has its date fet to it . A feries of an Emperor's Coins is his life digefted into annals . Hiftorians feldom break their relation with a ...
... Emperor , but at the fame time mark out the year in which they were performed . Every exploit has its date fet to it . A feries of an Emperor's Coins is his life digefted into annals . Hiftorians feldom break their relation with a ...
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... Emperor himself , or to the whole Body of a Roman Senate . Befides that a Coin is in no danger of having its characters altered by copiers and tranfcribers . This I muft confefs , fays Cynthio , may in fome cafes be of great moment ...
... Emperor himself , or to the whole Body of a Roman Senate . Befides that a Coin is in no danger of having its characters altered by copiers and tranfcribers . This I muft confefs , fays Cynthio , may in fome cafes be of great moment ...
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