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... persons rewarded or punished according to merit . And as real history disgusts us with a familiar and constant similitude of things , Fiction relieves us by unexpected turns and changes , and thus not only delights , but inculcates ...
... persons rewarded or punished according to merit . And as real history disgusts us with a familiar and constant similitude of things , Fiction relieves us by unexpected turns and changes , and thus not only delights , but inculcates ...
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... person of the name of Aristides , whose tales were translated into Latin by Sisenna , the Roman historian , about the time of the civil wars of Marius and Sylla . Huet , Vossius , ' and the other writers by whom the stories of Aristides ...
... person of the name of Aristides , whose tales were translated into Latin by Sisenna , the Roman historian , about the time of the civil wars of Marius and Sylla . Huet , Vossius , ' and the other writers by whom the stories of Aristides ...
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... person of the name of Ceryllus at the tomb of the Syrens , and afterwards at a city in Spain , where the people saw during the night , a privilege which was neutralized by total blindness during day . - Dercyllis further relates how she ...
... person of the name of Ceryllus at the tomb of the Syrens , and afterwards at a city in Spain , where the people saw during the night , a privilege which was neutralized by total blindness during day . - Dercyllis further relates how she ...
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... person of inferior talents , would have been worse had he not rigidly adhered to them . In estimating all the productions of the fine arts , we are obliged to analyze them , and to describe them by their grosser parts , as the etherial ...
... person of inferior talents , would have been worse had he not rigidly adhered to them . In estimating all the productions of the fine arts , we are obliged to analyze them , and to describe them by their grosser parts , as the etherial ...
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... effects of the stone Pantarbe , which she wore on her finger , ' and which warded off the flames 1 See note to Habrocomas and Anthia , p . 62 . from her person [ viii . 9 , 11 ] CH . 1. ] HELIODORUS - THEAGENES AND CHARICLEA . 27.
... effects of the stone Pantarbe , which she wore on her finger , ' and which warded off the flames 1 See note to Habrocomas and Anthia , p . 62 . from her person [ viii . 9 , 11 ] CH . 1. ] HELIODORUS - THEAGENES AND CHARICLEA . 27.
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