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... subject of medals . He was one that endeavoured rather to be a- greeable than fhining in conversation , for which reafon he was more beloved , though not fo much admired as Cynthio . I must confefs , fays he , I find myself very much ...
... subject of medals . He was one that endeavoured rather to be a- greeable than fhining in conversation , for which reafon he was more beloved , though not fo much admired as Cynthio . I must confefs , fays he , I find myself very much ...
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... subjects ! To fet them in their natural light , let us fancy , if you please , that about a thousand years hence , fome profound author shall write a learned treatise on the habits of the present write 10 DIALOGUES upon the Usefulness ...
... subjects ! To fet them in their natural light , let us fancy , if you please , that about a thousand years hence , fome profound author shall write a learned treatise on the habits of the present write 10 DIALOGUES upon the Usefulness ...
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... subjects on which your chronologers are generally employed , I fee but little ufe that rifes from it . For example , what fignifies it to the world whether fuch an elephant appeared in the amphitheatre in the fecond or the third of ...
... subjects on which your chronologers are generally employed , I fee but little ufe that rifes from it . For example , what fignifies it to the world whether fuch an elephant appeared in the amphitheatre in the fecond or the third of ...
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... subject , that I dare promise you will be very agreeable to Cynthio , who is fo profeffed an admirer of the ancient poets . I must only warn you , that you do not charge your coins with more uses than they can bear . It is generally the ...
... subject , that I dare promise you will be very agreeable to Cynthio , who is fo profeffed an admirer of the ancient poets . I must only warn you , that you do not charge your coins with more uses than they can bear . It is generally the ...
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... subject , fays Cynthio , be fo kind as to enter on it without any further preface . We should first of all , says Philander , con- fider the difference of the metals that we find in ancient and modern coins , but as this fpeculation is ...
... subject , fays Cynthio , be fo kind as to enter on it without any further preface . We should first of all , says Philander , con- fider the difference of the metals that we find in ancient and modern coins , but as this fpeculation is ...
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Ægyptus againſt ancient Apoſtles becauſe Befides chriftians Claud Claudian confefs confideration Creech cuſtoms dæmons defcription defign Difciples Dryden Emperor enemy fame fancy fatire fays Cynthio fays Eugenius fays Philander fecond feen fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fide figure fince firft firſt fome France French ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufferings fuppofe greateſt hand hath heathen himſelf hiſtory honour infcription Irenæus itſelf Judæa King laft laſt learned lived loft mentioned miracles modern medals moſt muſt myſelf obferve occafion old coins Ovid paffage Pagan Parthia peace perfons philofophers pleaſe poets prefent preſerved publiſhed raiſed reaſon religion reprefented rifing Roman Rome S. C. Reverſe Saviour Saviour's hiftory ſee ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſhows Silius Italicus Spanish monarchy ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill Tertullian thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Trajan uſe veftes verfe Virg Virgil