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... given us of him , and to try if we can find out in his looks and features either the haughty , cruel , or merciful tem- per that discovers itself in the history of his actions . We find too on medals the reprefentations of Ladies that ...
... given us of him , and to try if we can find out in his looks and features either the haughty , cruel , or merciful tem- per that discovers itself in the history of his actions . We find too on medals the reprefentations of Ladies that ...
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... given them information of fuch perfons as are to be met with on no other kind of records . You must give me leave , fays Cynthio , to reject this last use of medals . I do not think it worth while to trouble myself with a perfon's name ...
... given them information of fuch perfons as are to be met with on no other kind of records . You must give me leave , fays Cynthio , to reject this last use of medals . I do not think it worth while to trouble myself with a perfon's name ...
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... given us a chronicle of the Kings of Syria . For this too is an advan- tage medals have over books , that they tell their story much quicker , and fum up a whole volume in twenty or thirty reverses . They are indeed the best epitomes in ...
... given us a chronicle of the Kings of Syria . For this too is an advan- tage medals have over books , that they tell their story much quicker , and fum up a whole volume in twenty or thirty reverses . They are indeed the best epitomes in ...
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... given me a greater taste of its antiquities , and have fixed in my memory several of the ruins that I have now forgotten . For my part , fays Cynthio , I think there are at Rome enow modern works of architecture to employ any reasonable ...
... given me a greater taste of its antiquities , and have fixed in my memory several of the ruins that I have now forgotten . For my part , fays Cynthio , I think there are at Rome enow modern works of architecture to employ any reasonable ...
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... given us the fashion of a Greek , fcepter . It is indeed odd enough to confider how all kinds of readers find their account in the old poets . Not only your men of the more refined or folid parts of learning , but even your alchymift ...
... given us the fashion of a Greek , fcepter . It is indeed odd enough to confider how all kinds of readers find their account in the old poets . Not only your men of the more refined or folid parts of learning , but even your alchymift ...
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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