Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... whole country naturally abounds . They were all three very well verfed in the po- liter parts of learning , and had travelled into the moft refined nations of Europe : fo that they were capable of entertaining themselves on a thousand A ...
... whole country naturally abounds . They were all three very well verfed in the po- liter parts of learning , and had travelled into the moft refined nations of Europe : fo that they were capable of entertaining themselves on a thousand A ...
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... whole life among the Stars and Planets , or lays out , a twelvemonth on the fpots in the Sun , however no . ble his fpeculations may be , they are very apt to fall into burlefque . But it is ftill more natural to laugh at fuch ftudies ...
... whole life among the Stars and Planets , or lays out , a twelvemonth on the fpots in the Sun , however no . ble his fpeculations may be , they are very apt to fall into burlefque . But it is ftill more natural to laugh at fuch ftudies ...
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... whole catalogue of Heroes , who have many of them fo diftinguished them- felves from the reft of mankind that we almoft look upon them as another fpecies . another fpecies . It is an agreeable amusement to compare in our own thoughts ...
... whole catalogue of Heroes , who have many of them fo diftinguished them- felves from the reft of mankind that we almoft look upon them as another fpecies . another fpecies . It is an agreeable amusement to compare in our own thoughts ...
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... whole volumes on the account only of a face . We have here the pleasure to examine their looks and dreffes , and to furvey at leifure those beauties that have sometimes been the happiness or mifery of whole kingdoms : Nor do you only ...
... whole volumes on the account only of a face . We have here the pleasure to examine their looks and dreffes , and to furvey at leifure those beauties that have sometimes been the happiness or mifery of whole kingdoms : Nor do you only ...
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... whole creation of the like imaginary fubftances . To these you may add the Genies of nations , provinces , cities , high - ways , and the like Allegorical Beings . In devices of this nature one fees a pretty poetical invention , and may ...
... whole creation of the like imaginary fubftances . To these you may add the Genies of nations , provinces , cities , high - ways , and the like Allegorical Beings . In devices of this nature one fees a pretty poetical invention , and may ...
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