Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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Page 11
... believe the fleeve of it to be of the true Roman cut . I must confefs , fays Philander , the knowledge : of Medals has moft of thofe difadvantages that can render a science ridiculous , to such as are not well verfed in it . Nothing is ...
... believe the fleeve of it to be of the true Roman cut . I must confefs , fays Philander , the knowledge : of Medals has moft of thofe difadvantages that can render a science ridiculous , to such as are not well verfed in it . Nothing is ...
Page 12
... believe furprises all beginners as well as myfelf . We are apt to think your Medallifts . a little fantaftical in the different prices they fet . upon their Coins without any regard to the an- cient value or the metal of which they are ...
... believe furprises all beginners as well as myfelf . We are apt to think your Medallifts . a little fantaftical in the different prices they fet . upon their Coins without any regard to the an- cient value or the metal of which they are ...
Page 18
... believe that hereafter the whole learned world will be divided upon the make of a modern pair of breeches ? And yet , fays Eugenius , the Critics have fallen as foul upon each other for matters of the fame moment . But as to this point ...
... believe that hereafter the whole learned world will be divided upon the make of a modern pair of breeches ? And yet , fays Eugenius , the Critics have fallen as foul upon each other for matters of the fame moment . But as to this point ...
Page 32
... believe both the one and the other took the Mode from the ancient Greek Statuaries . It will not perhaps be an improper tranfition to pafs from the heathen gods to the several monsters of antiquity , as as Chimeras , Gorgons , Sphinxes ...
... believe both the one and the other took the Mode from the ancient Greek Statuaries . It will not perhaps be an improper tranfition to pafs from the heathen gods to the several monsters of antiquity , as as Chimeras , Gorgons , Sphinxes ...
Page 65
... believe we fhall find that it is not the only piece of antique fculpture that this Poet has copied out in his descriptions . cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipfa duci facras Victoria panderet ĉdes , Et palma viridi gaudens , et amicta ...
... believe we fhall find that it is not the only piece of antique fculpture that this Poet has copied out in his descriptions . cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipfa duci facras Victoria panderet ĉdes , Et palma viridi gaudens , et amicta ...
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