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... expression . If a kindred spirit , as we have often been told , must animate the translator , we fear the claims of Mr Barrett will never receive a sanction in the heraldry of Parnassus . His intentions , even envy must own , are ...
... expression . If a kindred spirit , as we have often been told , must animate the translator , we fear the claims of Mr Barrett will never receive a sanction in the heraldry of Parnassus . His intentions , even envy must own , are ...
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... expression . First , her horrors are cold , and so far Ovid seems to think also ; but the translator adds , from himself , the epithet icy , to shew that they are still colder : a fine climax of frigidity ! ' But heaven indulgent to my ...
... expression . First , her horrors are cold , and so far Ovid seems to think also ; but the translator adds , from himself , the epithet icy , to shew that they are still colder : a fine climax of frigidity ! ' But heaven indulgent to my ...
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... expression for a contemptuous kind of laughter , naso contemnere adunco that is to laugh with a crooked nose , she may laugh at you in the manner of the ancients if she thinks fit . But now I come to the most extraordinary of all ...
... expression for a contemptuous kind of laughter , naso contemnere adunco that is to laugh with a crooked nose , she may laugh at you in the manner of the ancients if she thinks fit . But now I come to the most extraordinary of all ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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