The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... reason he was more beloved , though not so much admired as Cynthio . I must confess , says he , I find myself very much inclined to speak against a sort of study that I know nothing of . I have , however , one strong prejudice in favour ...
... reason he was more beloved , though not so much admired as Cynthio . I must confess , says he , I find myself very much inclined to speak against a sort of study that I know nothing of . I have , however , one strong prejudice in favour ...
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... reason , says Philander , that painters have not a little contributed to bring the study of medals in vogue . For not to mention several others , Caraccio is said to have assisted Aretine by designs that he took from the Spintrię of ...
... reason , says Philander , that painters have not a little contributed to bring the study of medals in vogue . For not to mention several others , Caraccio is said to have assisted Aretine by designs that he took from the Spintrię of ...
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... reason is , that we are familiar with the names of the one , and meet with the other no where but in learned authors . An antiquary will scorn to mention a pinner or a night - rail , a petticoat or a manteau ; but will talk as gravely ...
... reason is , that we are familiar with the names of the one , and meet with the other no where but in learned authors . An antiquary will scorn to mention a pinner or a night - rail , a petticoat or a manteau ; but will talk as gravely ...
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... reasons , such as they are , why a good architect is master of these several arts and sciences . Sure , says Cynthio , Martial had never read Vitruvius when he threw the crier and the architect into the same class : Duri si puer ingenī ...
... reasons , such as they are , why a good architect is master of these several arts and sciences . Sure , says Cynthio , Martial had never read Vitruvius when he threw the crier and the architect into the same class : Duri si puer ingenī ...
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... reason of the long prefaces and exordiums inte which it often betrays an author . There is so much time taken up in ceremony , that before they enter on their subject the dialogue is half ended . To avoid the fault I have found in ...
... reason of the long prefaces and exordiums inte which it often betrays an author . There is so much time taken up in ceremony , that before they enter on their subject the dialogue is half ended . To avoid the fault I have found in ...
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