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Page vi
... Character of Prince Eugene ........................ . .... STEELE 341 Letter in Defence of merry Epilogues BUDGELL 342 Story of Hortensius and Sylvana ......... .. STEELE 343 Transmigration of Souls - Letter from a Monkey ...
... Character of Prince Eugene ........................ . .... STEELE 341 Letter in Defence of merry Epilogues BUDGELL 342 Story of Hortensius and Sylvana ......... .. STEELE 343 Transmigration of Souls - Letter from a Monkey ...
Page vii
... Character of a Devotee - Impudent Behaviour of People in the Streets STEELE 355 Use to be made of Enemies ..................... .. ..................... ADDISON 356 Contemplation of the Character of our Saviour ...
... Character of a Devotee - Impudent Behaviour of People in the Streets STEELE 355 Use to be made of Enemies ..................... .. ..................... ADDISON 356 Contemplation of the Character of our Saviour ...
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... characters of the highest ex- cellence , ransack nature for things terrible ; they raise a new creation of monsters , dragons , and gi- ants ; where the danger ends , the hero ceases : when he has won an empire , or gained his mistress ...
... characters of the highest ex- cellence , ransack nature for things terrible ; they raise a new creation of monsters , dragons , and gi- ants ; where the danger ends , the hero ceases : when he has won an empire , or gained his mistress ...
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... character , and particularly performing the public service with a due zeal and devotion ; I am the more encouraged to lay before them , by your means , several expres- sions used by some of them in their prayers before sermon , which I ...
... character , and particularly performing the public service with a due zeal and devotion ; I am the more encouraged to lay before them , by your means , several expres- sions used by some of them in their prayers before sermon , which I ...
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... character of a laborious plodder : but notwithstanding this , the greatest wits any age has produced thought far otherwise ; for who can think either Socrates or Demosthenes lost any repu- Otation , by their continual pains both in ...
... character of a laborious plodder : but notwithstanding this , the greatest wits any age has produced thought far otherwise ; for who can think either Socrates or Demosthenes lost any repu- Otation , by their continual pains both in ...
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