The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... passages as are true in old authors , in settling such as are told after different manners , and in recording such as have been omitted . In this case a cabinet of medals is a body of history . It was indeed the best way in the world to ...
... passages as are true in old authors , in settling such as are told after different manners , and in recording such as have been omitted . In this case a cabinet of medals is a body of history . It was indeed the best way in the world to ...
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... passage of an old poet , as the poet often serves to unriddle a reverse . I could be lon- ger on this head , but I fear I have already tired you . Nay , says Eugenius , since you have gone so far with us , we must beg you to finish your ...
... passage of an old poet , as the poet often serves to unriddle a reverse . I could be lon- ger on this head , but I fear I have already tired you . Nay , says Eugenius , since you have gone so far with us , we must beg you to finish your ...
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... passages among the poets that relate to the particular device of a medal . I wonder , says Eugenius , that your medallists have not been as diligent in searching the poets as the historians , since I find they are so capable of en ...
... passages among the poets that relate to the particular device of a medal . I wonder , says Eugenius , that your medallists have not been as diligent in searching the poets as the historians , since I find they are so capable of en ...
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... passage , I would have the reverse you have shown us stamped on the side of it . The interpreters of Seneca , says Phi- lander , will understand the precedent verses as a description of Venus , though in my opinion there is only the ...
... passage , I would have the reverse you have shown us stamped on the side of it . The interpreters of Seneca , says Phi- lander , will understand the precedent verses as a description of Venus , though in my opinion there is only the ...
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... passage , than out of any seeming design to abuse him . Our English poets on the contrary show a kind of ma- lice prepense in their satires , and instead of bringing in the person to give light to any part of the poem , let you see they ...
... passage , than out of any seeming design to abuse him . Our English poets on the contrary show a kind of ma- lice prepense in their satires , and instead of bringing in the person to give light to any part of the poem , let you see they ...
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