The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 5William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... reason , perhaps , the workmen fell into the Tuscan humour . I found , in the court of this palace , what I could not meet with any where in Rome ; I mean , an antique statue of Hercules lifting up Antæus from the earth , which I have ...
... reason , perhaps , the workmen fell into the Tuscan humour . I found , in the court of this palace , what I could not meet with any where in Rome ; I mean , an antique statue of Hercules lifting up Antæus from the earth , which I have ...
Page 14
... reasons to believe that the name of the sculptor on the pedestal is not so old as the statue . This figure of Venus put me in mind of a speech she makes in one of the Greek epigrams . " / Γυμνεν οἶδε Παρις μὲ καὶ Ανχίσης και Αδωνις Τις ...
... reasons to believe that the name of the sculptor on the pedestal is not so old as the statue . This figure of Venus put me in mind of a speech she makes in one of the Greek epigrams . " / Γυμνεν οἶδε Παρις μὲ καὶ Ανχίσης και Αδωνις Τις ...
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... reason there are no people in the world who live with more ease and prosperity than the subjects of little commonwealths ; as , on the contra- ry , there are none who suffer more under the grie- vances of a hard government , than the ...
... reason there are no people in the world who live with more ease and prosperity than the subjects of little commonwealths ; as , on the contra- ry , there are none who suffer more under the grie- vances of a hard government , than the ...
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... burning . The court of Turin is reckoned the most splendid and polite of any in Italy ; but by reason of its being in mourning , I could not see it in its mag- nificence . The common people of this state are more REMARKS ON ITALY . 23.
... burning . The court of Turin is reckoned the most splendid and polite of any in Italy ; but by reason of its being in mourning , I could not see it in its mag- nificence . The common people of this state are more REMARKS ON ITALY . 23.
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... reason than any I have met with for those periodical fountains in Switzerland , which flow only at such particular hours of the day ; for , as the tops of these mountains cast their shadows upon one another , they hinder the sun's ...
... reason than any I have met with for those periodical fountains in Switzerland , which flow only at such particular hours of the day ; for , as the tops of these mountains cast their shadows upon one another , they hinder the sun's ...
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