Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... turn to ridicule thofe that valued themfelves on their books and ftudies , though at the fame time one might very well fee that he could not have attacked many parts of learning fo fuccefsfully , had not he borrowed his affiftances from ...
... turn to ridicule thofe that valued themfelves on their books and ftudies , though at the fame time one might very well fee that he could not have attacked many parts of learning fo fuccefsfully , had not he borrowed his affiftances from ...
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... turn them into rallery . It is no wonder , there- fore that the science of Medals , which is charged with fo many unconcerning parts of knowledge , and built on fuch mean materials , fhould appear ri-- diculous to those that have not ...
... turn them into rallery . It is no wonder , there- fore that the science of Medals , which is charged with fo many unconcerning parts of knowledge , and built on fuch mean materials , fhould appear ri-- diculous to those that have not ...
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... turning to Philander , that feems to me very confiderable , although your Me- dalifts feldom throw it into the account , which is the great help to memory one finds in Medals : for my own part I am very much embarraffed in the names and ...
... turning to Philander , that feems to me very confiderable , although your Me- dalifts feldom throw it into the account , which is the great help to memory one finds in Medals : for my own part I am very much embarraffed in the names and ...
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... turn my fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a thousand little impertinencies of this nature that are very gratifying to curiofity , tho ' per- haps not very improving to the understanding . To fee the drefs that fuch an ...
... turn my fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a thousand little impertinencies of this nature that are very gratifying to curiofity , tho ' per- haps not very improving to the understanding . To fee the drefs that fuch an ...
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... turn to fome account . In this cafe therefore * Poe- try being in fome refpects an art of defigning as well as Painting or Sculpture , they may ferve as Comments on each other . I am very well fatisfied , fays Eugenius , by what you ...
... turn to fome account . In this cafe therefore * Poe- try being in fome refpects an art of defigning as well as Painting or Sculpture , they may ferve as Comments on each other . I am very well fatisfied , fays Eugenius , by what you ...
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