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... execution ? Now let us turn to an admired writer , poste- rior to Milton , and see how cold , how insipid , * Since the above was written , I have found Milton praised and sir William Temple censured , on the same foundations , in a ...
... execution ? Now let us turn to an admired writer , poste- rior to Milton , and see how cold , how insipid , * Since the above was written , I have found Milton praised and sir William Temple censured , on the same foundations , in a ...
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... executed . * On the piers of a garden - gate not far from Paris I observed two very coquet sphinxes . These lady monsters had straw hats gracefully smart on one side of their heads , and silken cloaks half veiling their necks ; all ...
... executed . * On the piers of a garden - gate not far from Paris I observed two very coquet sphinxes . These lady monsters had straw hats gracefully smart on one side of their heads , and silken cloaks half veiling their necks ; all ...
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... execution have flowed more from my own defects than from those of the subject . The merits of the work , if it has any , are owing to the indefatigable industry of Mr. Vertue in amassing all possible materials . As my talk is finished ...
... execution have flowed more from my own defects than from those of the subject . The merits of the work , if it has any , are owing to the indefatigable industry of Mr. Vertue in amassing all possible materials . As my talk is finished ...
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