Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Should I tell you gravely , that without the help of Coins we should never have known which was the firft of the Emperors that wore a beard , or rode in ftirrups , I might turn my fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a ...
... Should I tell you gravely , that without the help of Coins we should never have known which was the firft of the Emperors that wore a beard , or rode in ftirrups , I might turn my fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a ...
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... should as foon expect to find the Profodia in a Comb as Poetry in à Medal . Before I endea- vour to convince you of it , fays Philander , I muft confefs to you that this science has its vifionaries as well as all others . There are ...
... should as foon expect to find the Profodia in a Comb as Poetry in à Medal . Before I endea- vour to convince you of it , fays Philander , I muft confefs to you that this science has its vifionaries as well as all others . There are ...
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... Should a Roman Painter at pre- fent draw the picture of Virtue , inftead of the Spear and Paratonium that fhe bears on old coins , he would give her a Buft in one hand and a Fid- dle in the other . The next , fays Philander , is a Lady ...
... Should a Roman Painter at pre- fent draw the picture of Virtue , inftead of the Spear and Paratonium that fhe bears on old coins , he would give her a Buft in one hand and a Fid- dle in the other . The next , fays Philander , is a Lady ...
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... Romans . Si tu oblitus es at Dii meminerunt , meminit Fides . " Catul . ad Alphen . I should fancy , from the following verfes of Vir- gil gil and Silius Italicus , that fhe was reprefented un- of Ancient Medals . 41.
... Romans . Si tu oblitus es at Dii meminerunt , meminit Fides . " Catul . ad Alphen . I should fancy , from the following verfes of Vir- gil gil and Silius Italicus , that fhe was reprefented un- of Ancient Medals . 41.
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... Thrones . They bend , they vow , and ftill they fear , Left you should kick their Column down , And cloud the glory of their Crown ; They fear that you would raile The The lazy crowd to war , And break their Empire of Ancient Medals . 47.
... Thrones . They bend , they vow , and ftill they fear , Left you should kick their Column down , And cloud the glory of their Crown ; They fear that you would raile The The lazy crowd to war , And break their Empire of Ancient Medals . 47.
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