Harrison's British Classicks, Том 6Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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Сторінка 12
... fome measure connected , as they stand upon the utmost verge of re- putation , and totter on the brink of in- famy . It were therefore to be wifhed , that thefe ladies wore fome fymbol of their order , or were diftinguished by fome ...
... fome measure connected , as they stand upon the utmost verge of re- putation , and totter on the brink of in- famy . It were therefore to be wifhed , that thefe ladies wore fome fymbol of their order , or were diftinguished by fome ...
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... fome difputes in Ireland . NO VI . THURSDAY , MARCH 7 , 1754- QUID. ŠIR , SOPHOCL . TO MR . TOWN . BATSON'S COFFEE - HOUSE , FEB . 26 , 1754 . beg leave to trouble on a Muft ferfous and melancholy fubject ; a fubject , which I fear will ...
... fome difputes in Ireland . NO VI . THURSDAY , MARCH 7 , 1754- QUID. ŠIR , SOPHOCL . TO MR . TOWN . BATSON'S COFFEE - HOUSE , FEB . 26 , 1754 . beg leave to trouble on a Muft ferfous and melancholy fubject ; a fubject , which I fear will ...
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... fome very agreeable ladies . At my arrival , I found that the com- pany confifted chiefly of females , who indeed did me the honour to rise , but quite difconcerted me in paying my re- fpects , by their whispering each other , and ...
... fome very agreeable ladies . At my arrival , I found that the com- pany confifted chiefly of females , who indeed did me the honour to rise , but quite difconcerted me in paying my re- fpects , by their whispering each other , and ...
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... fome of the finest and most striking paffages in the best poets ; and it is for these in par- ticular that Longinus admires the Odyf- fey . The real circumstances of a ftorm are in themselves , without the aid of poetical ornaments ...
... fome of the finest and most striking paffages in the best poets ; and it is for these in par- ticular that Longinus admires the Odyf- fey . The real circumstances of a ftorm are in themselves , without the aid of poetical ornaments ...
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... fome infight into the origin of deriving all our fafhions from thence . The celebrated Lord Fopping- ten , among his other amours , had once an intrigue with a milliner of Covent Garden , who after fome time brought a lovely girl into ...
... fome infight into the origin of deriving all our fafhions from thence . The celebrated Lord Fopping- ten , among his other amours , had once an intrigue with a milliner of Covent Garden , who after fome time brought a lovely girl into ...
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