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... present an As or an Obolus may carry a higher price than a Denarius or a Drachma ; and a piece of money that was not worth a penny fifteen hundred years ago , may be now rated at fifty crowns , or perhaps a hundred guineas . I find ...
... present an As or an Obolus may carry a higher price than a Denarius or a Drachma ; and a piece of money that was not worth a penny fifteen hundred years ago , may be now rated at fifty crowns , or perhaps a hundred guineas . I find ...
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... , 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 of perfons, we fee on them too their different ...
... , 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 of perfons, we fee on them too their different ...
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Joseph Addison. write a learned treatise on the habits of the present age , distinguished into the following titles and chapters . " Of the old British trowser . " " Of the ruff and collar - band . ' 66 " The opinion of feveral learned ...
Joseph Addison. write a learned treatise on the habits of the present age , distinguished into the following titles and chapters . " Of the old British trowser . " " Of the ruff and collar - band . ' 66 " The opinion of feveral learned ...
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... present they lie under no fufpicion of it . The Hercules Farnefe , the Venus of Medicis , the Apollo in the Belvidera , and the famous Marcus Aurelius on horfe - back , which are perhaps the four most beautiful statues ex- tant , tant ...
... present they lie under no fufpicion of it . The Hercules Farnefe , the Venus of Medicis , the Apollo in the Belvidera , and the famous Marcus Aurelius on horfe - back , which are perhaps the four most beautiful statues ex- tant , tant ...
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... present . The fcales fhe carries in her hand are so natural an emblem of justice , that Perfius has turned them into an allegory to express the decifions of right or wrong . Quirites Hoc puto non juftum eft , illud malè , rectiùs iftud ...
... present . The fcales fhe carries in her hand are so natural an emblem of justice , that Perfius has turned them into an allegory to express the decifions of right or wrong . Quirites Hoc puto non juftum eft , illud malè , rectiùs iftud ...
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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