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... Means recommended to secure his restoration to health . Inquiries re- lative to an old picture • 435 17. Prevailing opinions respecting the work entitled Historic Doubts . Al- garotti's purchase of an excellent Holbein picture . Curious ...
... Means recommended to secure his restoration to health . Inquiries re- lative to an old picture • 435 17. Prevailing opinions respecting the work entitled Historic Doubts . Al- garotti's purchase of an excellent Holbein picture . Curious ...
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... means , " for in such letters the souls of men appear undrest , and in that negligent habit they may be fit to be seen by one or two in a chamber , but not to go abroad in the street . " See Life of Cowley , page 38 , Hurd's Edition ...
... means , " for in such letters the souls of men appear undrest , and in that negligent habit they may be fit to be seen by one or two in a chamber , but not to go abroad in the street . " See Life of Cowley , page 38 , Hurd's Edition ...
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... means , and by the assistance of a few notes which I shall occasionally add , it may be hoped that nothing will be omitted which may tend to give a regular and clear delineation of his life and character . But as this is the earliest ...
... means , and by the assistance of a few notes which I shall occasionally add , it may be hoped that nothing will be omitted which may tend to give a regular and clear delineation of his life and character . But as this is the earliest ...
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... will examine it entire , and compare it with the Latin , and be very wise and severe , and put on an inflexible face , such as becomes the character of a true son of Aristarchus , of hyper - critical memory . mean while ( 13 )
... will examine it entire , and compare it with the Latin , and be very wise and severe , and put on an inflexible face , such as becomes the character of a true son of Aristarchus , of hyper - critical memory . mean while ( 13 )
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... mean while , And calm'd the terrors of his claws in gold , In the Is exactly Statius - Summos auro mansueverat un- gues . I never knew before that the golden fangs on hammercloths were so old a fashion . Your Hymenêal * I was told was ...
... mean while , And calm'd the terrors of his claws in gold , In the Is exactly Statius - Summos auro mansueverat un- gues . I never knew before that the golden fangs on hammercloths were so old a fashion . Your Hymenêal * I was told was ...
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