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Page 125
... observed a little figure , which , upon applying our glaffes to it , appeared dressed in a very fantastic manner . The more I looked upon it , the more I thought I had feen the face before , but could not poffibly recollect either the ...
... observed a little figure , which , upon applying our glaffes to it , appeared dressed in a very fantastic manner . The more I looked upon it , the more I thought I had feen the face before , but could not poffibly recollect either the ...
Page 225
... observed . ' To this he adds , as a maxim univerfally acknowledged , That it is not ne- ceffary in poetry for the points of the comparison to correfpond with one another exactly , but that a ge- ⚫neral resemblance is fufficient , and ...
... observed . ' To this he adds , as a maxim univerfally acknowledged , That it is not ne- ceffary in poetry for the points of the comparison to correfpond with one another exactly , but that a ge- ⚫neral resemblance is fufficient , and ...
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... observed in this fociety of unfledged states men ; but I must confefs , had I a fon of five and twen- ty , that should take it into his head at that age to set up for a politician , I think I fhould go near to dif- inherit him for a ...
... observed in this fociety of unfledged states men ; but I must confefs , had I a fon of five and twen- ty , that should take it into his head at that age to set up for a politician , I think I fhould go near to dif- inherit him for a ...
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