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... please . But what do you answer to the argument I pre- tend to draw from the common approba- tion ? EUDOX . If that is your only or your best argument , Callicrates will not be much obliged to you for your defence . For what if I fhou'd ...
... please . But what do you answer to the argument I pre- tend to draw from the common approba- tion ? EUDOX . If that is your only or your best argument , Callicrates will not be much obliged to you for your defence . For what if I fhou'd ...
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... please a liberty , but let it be reasonable " . A free easy air and carriage is extremely taking ; but it degenerates in- to ridiculousness , when it is foppish and ! k Quadam etiam negligentia eft diligens . De Orat . 1. 3. poft medium ...
... please a liberty , but let it be reasonable " . A free easy air and carriage is extremely taking ; but it degenerates in- to ridiculousness , when it is foppish and ! k Quadam etiam negligentia eft diligens . De Orat . 1. 3. poft medium ...
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... please by their agreeable unexpected turns . EUDOX .. I fear they are not fure to please beyond the firft reading . Those airy turns , which I perceive you admire , may amuse at firft , and may pafs in a work that is to be laid afide ...
... please by their agreeable unexpected turns . EUDOX .. I fear they are not fure to please beyond the firft reading . Those airy turns , which I perceive you admire , may amuse at firft , and may pafs in a work that is to be laid afide ...
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... please fo at the very beginning , that one is apt , upon the pre- m valence of the firft furprize , to take fuch a liking as makes one think there is fome- thing excellent in every extraordinary turn . When once we are thus prejudiced ...
... please fo at the very beginning , that one is apt , upon the pre- m valence of the firft furprize , to take fuch a liking as makes one think there is fome- thing excellent in every extraordinary turn . When once we are thus prejudiced ...
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... please , provided it does not , as I precautioned Cleander , come to mistaking rage for ftrength , or to an odd mixture of fiercenefs , with fome- thing of that Poetick way of which we were fpeaking . Mr. Cowley1 fays of Virgil , He ...
... please , provided it does not , as I precautioned Cleander , come to mistaking rage for ftrength , or to an odd mixture of fiercenefs , with fome- thing of that Poetick way of which we were fpeaking . Mr. Cowley1 fays of Virgil , He ...
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