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... equally unfeasonable and unpoetical . R. is unavoidably deferred for want of room ; as alfo are feveral poetical articles . Expofitus in our next ; as alfo Leisure Amusements , No. XXVII . AVERAGE PRICES of CORN from July 12 to July 19 ...
... equally unfeasonable and unpoetical . R. is unavoidably deferred for want of room ; as alfo are feveral poetical articles . Expofitus in our next ; as alfo Leisure Amusements , No. XXVII . AVERAGE PRICES of CORN from July 12 to July 19 ...
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... equally the intereft of the leaders of each of the contending parties , and confequently of their adherents , as much as poffible to preferve it , be- caufe they occafionally drew from it their fupplies of money , arms , accou- trements ...
... equally the intereft of the leaders of each of the contending parties , and confequently of their adherents , as much as poffible to preferve it , be- caufe they occafionally drew from it their fupplies of money , arms , accou- trements ...
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... equally errone- ous philofophy , would have us to hold of no account , XXXIII . Of the two kinds of fatire , the laugh- ing , like that of Horace , and the vin- dictive , like that of Juvenal , the laugh- ing kind is by most critics ...
... equally errone- ous philofophy , would have us to hold of no account , XXXIII . Of the two kinds of fatire , the laugh- ing , like that of Horace , and the vin- dictive , like that of Juvenal , the laugh- ing kind is by most critics ...
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... equally applaud- ed , and their examples recommended to our imitation . The hiftorian held up to our view the mirror of truth , and pointed out to us fuch actions as déferved regard and immortality and by bis affiance the offspring of ...
... equally applaud- ed , and their examples recommended to our imitation . The hiftorian held up to our view the mirror of truth , and pointed out to us fuch actions as déferved regard and immortality and by bis affiance the offspring of ...
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... equally divided , as it neceffa rily must be between independent com- munities , it is impoffible that fatisfac- tion can be obtained for injuries re- ceived , but by the exercife of coercion , and an appeal to physical energy and force ...
... equally divided , as it neceffa rily must be between independent com- munities , it is impoffible that fatisfac- tion can be obtained for injuries re- ceived , but by the exercife of coercion , and an appeal to physical energy and force ...
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Page 44 - The Pythagorean scale of numbers' was at once discovered to be perfect; but the poems of Homer we yet know not to transcend the common limits of human intelligence, but by remarking, that nation after nation, and century after century, has been able to do little more than transpose his incidents, new name his characters, and paraphrase his sentiments.
Page 173 - Shakespeare engaged in dramatic poetry with the world open before him. The rules of the ancients were yet known to few; the public judgment was unformed ; he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation, nor critics of such authority as might restrain his extravagance.
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Page 107 - ... that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to support you, and learn to confide in that power ; while your endeavours to overcome it, and...
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