The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... observe well the Toga on such a reverse , and asks you whether you can in conscience believe the sleeve of it to be of the true Roman cut . I must confess , says Philander , the knowledge of medals has most of those disadvantages that ...
... observe well the Toga on such a reverse , and asks you whether you can in conscience believe the sleeve of it to be of the true Roman cut . I must confess , says Philander , the knowledge of medals has most of those disadvantages that ...
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... observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and cockle - shells ? yet the very naming of them is almost sufficient to turn them into raillery . It is no wonder therefore that the science of medals , which is charged with so ma ...
... observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and cockle - shells ? yet the very naming of them is almost sufficient to turn them into raillery . It is no wonder therefore that the science of medals , which is charged with so ma ...
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... observed all the nicety of proportion in the figures of the different orders that compose the buildings on the best preserved medals . You here see the copies of such ports and triumphal arches as there are not the least traces of in ...
... observed all the nicety of proportion in the figures of the different orders that compose the buildings on the best preserved medals . You here see the copies of such ports and triumphal arches as there are not the least traces of in ...
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... observed , ' says he , speak- ing of the natural propension that all men have to numbers and harmony , that my barber has often combed my head in dactyls and spondees , that is with two short strokes and a long one , or with two long ...
... observed , ' says he , speak- ing of the natural propension that all men have to numbers and harmony , that my barber has often combed my head in dactyls and spondees , that is with two short strokes and a long one , or with two long ...
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... finish the task you have set me , we may observe that not only the virtues , and the like imaginary persons , but all the heathen divinities appear gen- erally in the same dress among the poets that they 30 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
... finish the task you have set me , we may observe that not only the virtues , and the like imaginary persons , but all the heathen divinities appear gen- erally in the same dress among the poets that they 30 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
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ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appears arch atque beautiful Cæsar Campania church CLAUD Claudian Commodus CREECH DRYDEN earth emblem emperor fancy figure formerly Genoa give gods grotto hæc hand head honour Horace inhabitants inscription Italians Italy Julius Cæsar kind king Latin poets Latium learned look Lucius Verus marble Marcus Marcus Aurelius medallists mention Mevania Milan miles modern medals mole mountain Naples natural noble observed occasion old coins old Roman Ovid palace particular pieces pillars pope port present prince quæ quod Ravenna reason represented Rimini rising river rocks Rome round ruins S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander seen side Silius Italicus stands Statius statues stood suppose temple Teverone thee thou thought Tiberius tibi tion town Trajan Venetians Venice verse VIRG Virgil whole