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... figures and infcription , tells you very gravely if it were brafs , it would be invaluable . Another falls a ringing a Pescennius Niger , and judiciously distinguishes the found of it to be modern . A third defires you to obferve well ...
... figures and infcription , tells you very gravely if it were brafs , it would be invaluable . Another falls a ringing a Pescennius Niger , and judiciously distinguishes the found of it to be modern . A third defires you to obferve well ...
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... figures and infcriptions that adorn it . The intrinfic value of an old coin does not con- fift in its metal but its erudition . It is the device that has raised the fpecies , fo that at present an As or an Obolus may carry a higher ...
... figures and infcriptions that adorn it . The intrinfic value of an old coin does not con- fift in its metal but its erudition . It is the device that has raised the fpecies , fo that at present an As or an Obolus may carry a higher ...
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... of Tiberius . Ra- phael had thoroughly ftudied the figures on old coins . Patin tells us that Le Brun had done the fame . And it is well known that Rubens Rubens had a noble collection of medals in his own 8 DIALOGUES upon the Usefulness.
... of Tiberius . Ra- phael had thoroughly ftudied the figures on old coins . Patin tells us that Le Brun had done the fame . And it is well known that Rubens Rubens had a noble collection of medals in his own 8 DIALOGUES upon the Usefulness.
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... figure a man would make in the republic of letters , should he appeal to your univerfity - wardrobe , when they ... figures of feveral inftruments of mufic , mathematics and mechanics . One might make an entire galley out of the plans ...
... figure a man would make in the republic of letters , should he appeal to your univerfity - wardrobe , when they ... figures of feveral inftruments of mufic , mathematics and mechanics . One might make an entire galley out of the plans ...
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... figures of the different orders that compofe the buildings on the best preserved medals . You here fee the copies of fuch ports and triumphal arches as there are not the least . traces of in the places where they once stood . You have ...
... figures of the different orders that compofe the buildings on the best preserved medals . You here fee the copies of fuch ports and triumphal arches as there are not the least . traces of in the places where they once stood . You have ...
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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