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Page 192
... excellent precepts and ad- monitions ; and are of particular ufe in explaining more at large feveral doc- trines of Chriflianity , which we could not fo fully comprehend without them . There are , indeed , in the Epifles of St. Paul ...
... excellent precepts and ad- monitions ; and are of particular ufe in explaining more at large feveral doc- trines of Chriflianity , which we could not fo fully comprehend without them . There are , indeed , in the Epifles of St. Paul ...
Page 435
... excellent Effay ) fo com- plete a praife . " Read Homer once , and you can read no 66 more ; " For all books elfe appear fo mean , fo poor , " Verse will feem Profe : but still perfift to read , " And Homer will be all the books you ...
... excellent Effay ) fo com- plete a praife . " Read Homer once , and you can read no 66 more ; " For all books elfe appear fo mean , fo poor , " Verse will feem Profe : but still perfift to read , " And Homer will be all the books you ...
Page 499
... excellent effects in women of fenfe . " Addifon , Spect . No 73. In this fen- tence paffion is the fubject , and produces the verb : each of which is accompanied and connected with its adjuncts . The fubject is not paffion in general ...
... excellent effects in women of fenfe . " Addifon , Spect . No 73. In this fen- tence paffion is the fubject , and produces the verb : each of which is accompanied and connected with its adjuncts . The fubject is not paffion in general ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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