The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison,: With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator, Volume 5William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... ammunition , but few horse . It must be owned these people are more happy , at least in ima- gination , than the rest of their neighbours , because they think themselves so ; though such a chimerical happiness & REMARKS ON ITALY .
... ammunition , but few horse . It must be owned these people are more happy , at least in ima- gination , than the rest of their neighbours , because they think themselves so ; though such a chimerical happiness & REMARKS ON ITALY .
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... rest . I should not have made this remark , but that I remem- ber to have read in one of the ancient authors , that the Nile is generally represented in stone of this co- lour , because it flows from the country of the Ethio- peans ...
... rest . I should not have made this remark , but that I remem- ber to have read in one of the ancient authors , that the Nile is generally represented in stone of this co- lour , because it flows from the country of the Ethio- peans ...
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... rest , by the meanness of the workmanship . IV . A Corona Radialis , with only eight spikes to it . Every one knows the usual number was twelve , some say , in allusion to the signs of the zodiac , and others to the labours of Hercules ...
... rest , by the meanness of the workmanship . IV . A Corona Radialis , with only eight spikes to it . Every one knows the usual number was twelve , some say , in allusion to the signs of the zodiac , and others to the labours of Hercules ...
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... rest , in a figure of such nice proportions . The softness of the flesh , the delicacy of the shape , air , and pos- ture , and correctness of design , in this statue , are inexpressible . I have several reasons to believe that the name ...
... rest , in a figure of such nice proportions . The softness of the flesh , the delicacy of the shape , air , and pos- ture , and correctness of design , in this statue , are inexpressible . I have several reasons to believe that the name ...
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... rest , it happens very ill at present to be born under one of these petty sovereigns , that will be still endeavouring , at his subjects ' cost , to equal the pomp and grandeur of greater princes , as well as to outvie those of his own ...
... rest , it happens very ill at present to be born under one of these petty sovereigns , that will be still endeavouring , at his subjects ' cost , to equal the pomp and grandeur of greater princes , as well as to outvie those of his own ...
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