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Page 14
... several instincts , in the brute creation , do likewife ope- rate and work towards the several ends which are agreeable to them , by this di- vine energy . Man only , who does not co - operate with his holy fpirit , and is unattentive ...
... several instincts , in the brute creation , do likewife ope- rate and work towards the several ends which are agreeable to them , by this di- vine energy . Man only , who does not co - operate with his holy fpirit , and is unattentive ...
Page 234
... Several of the modern critics , who have been fome way or other concerned in pub- fishing Flaccus's works , make no fcruple of placing him next to Vir gil , of all the Roman epic poets ; and I own I am a good deal inclined to be ...
... Several of the modern critics , who have been fome way or other concerned in pub- fishing Flaccus's works , make no fcruple of placing him next to Vir gil , of all the Roman epic poets ; and I own I am a good deal inclined to be ...
Page 271
... several of the ancient hifto- rians eminently excel . Hence , the plea- fure that is found in reading Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Salluft , and Tacitus . They are all confpicuous for the art of narration . Herodotus is ...
... several of the ancient hifto- rians eminently excel . Hence , the plea- fure that is found in reading Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Salluft , and Tacitus . They are all confpicuous for the art of narration . Herodotus is ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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