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... TUESDAY , DEC . 11 , 1750 . Os dignum æterno nitidum quod fulgeat Auro , Si mallet laudare Deum cui sordida Monstra Prætulit , et liquidum temeravit Crimine vocem . A golden statue such a wit might claim , Had God and virtue raised the ...
... TUESDAY , DEC . 11 , 1750 . Os dignum æterno nitidum quod fulgeat Auro , Si mallet laudare Deum cui sordida Monstra Prætulit , et liquidum temeravit Crimine vocem . A golden statue such a wit might claim , Had God and virtue raised the ...
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No. 127. TUESDAY , JUNE 18 , 1751 . Cœpisti melius quàm desinis ; ultima primis Cedunt : dissimiles hic vir , et ille puer . Succeeding years thy early fame destroy : Thou , who began'st a man , wilt end a boy . Ovid . POLITIAN , a name ...
No. 127. TUESDAY , JUNE 18 , 1751 . Cœpisti melius quàm desinis ; ultima primis Cedunt : dissimiles hic vir , et ille puer . Succeeding years thy early fame destroy : Thou , who began'st a man , wilt end a boy . Ovid . POLITIAN , a name ...
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... he who is cut off in the execution of an honest undertaking has at least the honour of falling in his rank , and has fought the battle , though he missed the victory . No. 135. TUESDAY , JULY 2 , 1751 . Cœlum 338 134 . RAMBLER .
... he who is cut off in the execution of an honest undertaking has at least the honour of falling in his rank , and has fought the battle , though he missed the victory . No. 135. TUESDAY , JULY 2 , 1751 . Cœlum 338 134 . RAMBLER .
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Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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