The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... never be able , with all your medallic eloquence , to persuade Eugenius and myself that it is better to have a pocket full of Othos and Gordians than of Jacobus's or Louis d'ors . This however we shall be judges of , when you have let ...
... never be able , with all your medallic eloquence , to persuade Eugenius and myself that it is better to have a pocket full of Othos and Gordians than of Jacobus's or Louis d'ors . This however we shall be judges of , when you have let ...
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... , says Cynthio , to reject this last use of medals . I do not think it worth while to trouble myself with a person's name or face that receives all his reputation from the mint , and would never have been known DIALOGUES ON MEDALS . 13.
... , says Cynthio , to reject this last use of medals . I do not think it worth while to trouble myself with a person's name or face that receives all his reputation from the mint , and would never have been known DIALOGUES ON MEDALS . 13.
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Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. from the mint , and would never have been known in the world had there not been such things as medals . A man's memory finds sufficient employment on such as have really signalised themselves by their great ...
Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. from the mint , and would never have been known in the world had there not been such things as medals . A man's memory finds sufficient employment on such as have really signalised themselves by their great ...
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... never have thought that a cabinet of medals had been so well peopled . But , in the next place , says Philander , as we see on coins the different faces of persons , we see on them too their different habits and dresses , according to ...
... never have thought that a cabinet of medals had been so well peopled . But , in the next place , says Philander , as we see on coins the different faces of persons , we see on them too their different habits and dresses , according to ...
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... ties , that we find on medals the manner of spelling in the old Roman inscriptions . That is , says Cyn- thio , we find that Felix is never written with an e diphthong , and that , in Augustus's days , civis 18 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
... ties , that we find on medals the manner of spelling in the old Roman inscriptions . That is , says Cyn- thio , we find that Felix is never written with an e diphthong , and that , in Augustus's days , civis 18 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
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