Harrison's British Classicks, Том 3Harrison and Company, 1785 |
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... particular kinds , they do not feem to come up to the main defign of fuch narrations , which , I humbly pre- fume , fhould be principally intended for the ufe of politic perfons , who are fo public - fpirited as to neglect their own ...
... particular kinds , they do not feem to come up to the main defign of fuch narrations , which , I humbly pre- fume , fhould be principally intended for the ufe of politic perfons , who are fo public - fpirited as to neglect their own ...
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... particular , that he never preferred a man who has not proved remarkably ferviceable to his country . Philander is mentioned with particular diftinction ; a nobleman who has the most refined taste of the true pleafures and elegance of ...
... particular , that he never preferred a man who has not proved remarkably ferviceable to his country . Philander is mentioned with particular diftinction ; a nobleman who has the most refined taste of the true pleafures and elegance of ...
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... particular in their hitories , wherein they feem to have fhewn exactly the difference of their tempers . When Alexander , after a long courfe of victories , would fill have led his foldiers farther from home , they unanimoufly refufed ...
... particular in their hitories , wherein they feem to have fhewn exactly the difference of their tempers . When Alexander , after a long courfe of victories , would fill have led his foldiers farther from home , they unanimoufly refufed ...
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... particular , I fhall give you my genealogy , as a kinf- man of ours has fent it me from the Herald's Office . It is certain , and ob- ferved by the wifeft writers , that there are women who are not nicely chafte , and men not severely ...
... particular , I fhall give you my genealogy , as a kinf- man of ours has fent it me from the Herald's Office . It is certain , and ob- ferved by the wifeft writers , that there are women who are not nicely chafte , and men not severely ...
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... particular , I hope I fhall foon have little more to do in this work than to publifh what is fent me from fuch as have leifure and capacity for giving delight , and being pleafed in an elegant manner . The prefent grandeur of the ...
... particular , I hope I fhall foon have little more to do in this work than to publifh what is fent me from fuch as have leifure and capacity for giving delight , and being pleafed in an elegant manner . The prefent grandeur of the ...
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