Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... given us of him , and to try if we can find out in his looks and features ei ther the haughty , cruel , or merciful temper that discovers itself in the hiftory 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 ei ther the haughty , cruel , or merciful temper that discovers itself in the hiftory of his actions . We find too on Medals the reprefentations of Ladies . that ...
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... given us a chroni- cle of the Kings of Syria . For this too is an ad- vantage Medals have over books , that they tell their ftory much quicker , and fum up a whole volume in twenty or thirty reverses . They are indeed the beft epitomes ...
... given us a chroni- cle of the Kings of Syria . For this too is an ad- vantage Medals have over books , that they tell their ftory much quicker , and fum up a whole volume in twenty or thirty reverses . They are indeed the beft epitomes ...
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... given me a greater tafte of its Antiquities , and have fixed in my memory several of the ruins that I have now for gotten . For my part , fays Cynthio , I think there are at Rome enow modern works of Architecture to employ any ...
... given me a greater tafte of its Antiquities , and have fixed in my memory several of the ruins that I have now for gotten . For my part , fays Cynthio , I think there are at Rome enow modern works of Architecture to employ any ...
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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 and ...
... 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 and ...
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... ! fall . Prudentius has given us the fame circumftance in his defcription of Avarice . Avaritia gremio precincta capaci . Prud . Pfychomachia . How How proper the emblems of Plenty are to Peace , of Ancient Medals . 39.
... ! fall . Prudentius has given us the fame circumftance in his defcription of Avarice . Avaritia gremio precincta capaci . Prud . Pfychomachia . How How proper the emblems of Plenty are to Peace , of Ancient Medals . 39.
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