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Page 12
... sense , " he wrote in 1804 " that he was the instrument of Mr. LISTON , the British Am- bassador , in the year 1798 ; and that tempest of calumny and oppression , which was raised against me in London , and illegally enforced at the ...
... sense , " he wrote in 1804 " that he was the instrument of Mr. LISTON , the British Am- bassador , in the year 1798 ; and that tempest of calumny and oppression , which was raised against me in London , and illegally enforced at the ...
Page 28
... sense , and he attacks the " angels playing upon violins , and cherubs blowing the flute " of Italian religious art as " a most egregious sacrifice of truth and probability , upon the polluted altars of blind bigotry . " Gaudiness of ...
... sense , and he attacks the " angels playing upon violins , and cherubs blowing the flute " of Italian religious art as " a most egregious sacrifice of truth and probability , upon the polluted altars of blind bigotry . " Gaudiness of ...
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... sense , ) endeavour to become what we are not , rather than repofe contentedly with thofe acquired ta- lents , which it is the restricted lot of the most perfect among us to enjoy . I wish I had the power to compel this inge- nious ...
... sense , ) endeavour to become what we are not , rather than repofe contentedly with thofe acquired ta- lents , which it is the restricted lot of the most perfect among us to enjoy . I wish I had the power to compel this inge- nious ...
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Doughty William | 13 |
Hagarty James 1920 | 19 |
Williams John Michael | 23 |
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