Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson, 1746 |
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... because we are on that subject , of an author's finding out imaginary beauties in his own art . I have obfer- Voffius de ved , fays he , ( fpeaking of the natural viribus propenfion that all men have to num- Rythmi . bers and harmony ) ...
... because we are on that subject , of an author's finding out imaginary beauties in his own art . I have obfer- Voffius de ved , fays he , ( fpeaking of the natural viribus propenfion that all men have to num- Rythmi . bers and harmony ) ...
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... because he has given us the fashion of a Greek scepter . 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 ...
... because he has given us the fashion of a Greek scepter . 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 ...
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... because they chanced to be of the feminine gender in the learn- ed languages . You find however Firft Series . fomething bold and masculine in FIGURE 1. the air and posture of the first figure , which is that of Virtue herself , and ...
... because they chanced to be of the feminine gender in the learn- ed languages . You find however Firft Series . fomething bold and masculine in FIGURE 1. the air and posture of the first figure , which is that of Virtue herself , and ...
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... because , contrary to all fublunary Beings , though they feem to perifh every night , they renew themselves every morning . Soles occidere et redire poffunt ; Nobis cum femel occidit brevis lux , Nox eft perpetua una dormienda . The ...
... because , contrary to all fublunary Beings , though they feem to perifh every night , they renew themselves every morning . Soles occidere et redire poffunt ; Nobis cum femel occidit brevis lux , Nox eft perpetua una dormienda . The ...
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... because we can never find out her beginning ; that her legs are bare , becaufe we fee only thofe parts of her that are actually running on ; that fhe fits on a globe and bears a fcepter in her hand , to fhew that the is fovereign ...
... because we can never find out her beginning ; that her legs are bare , becaufe we fee only thofe parts of her that are actually running on ; that fhe fits on a globe and bears a fcepter in her hand , to fhew that the is fovereign ...
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