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... and biographical anecdotes concerning their : authors ; which are so curious and interesting , that they must ” render the book very entertaining to lovers of general literature , as well as to adepts in the Italian tongue .
... and biographical anecdotes concerning their : authors ; which are so curious and interesting , that they must ” render the book very entertaining to lovers of general literature , as well as to adepts in the Italian tongue .
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The particulars which Mr. W. has collected concerning the life of this writer are curious , and will probably be new to many of our readers . « Of Lodovico Dolce little is known that can be related with pleasure .
The particulars which Mr. W. has collected concerning the life of this writer are curious , and will probably be new to many of our readers . « Of Lodovico Dolce little is known that can be related with pleasure .
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Michael Kearney , D.D. M. R. I. A. This is a criticism on a remark of Sir Joshua Reynolds , concerning the impracticability of describing the expression of mixed passions . The memoir is short , and the criticism is given with ...
Michael Kearney , D.D. M. R. I. A. This is a criticism on a remark of Sir Joshua Reynolds , concerning the impracticability of describing the expression of mixed passions . The memoir is short , and the criticism is given with ...
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The great Bacon believed in those sympathetic dials , and the learned Sir Thomas Browne , in his Enquiry concerning Vulgar Errors , gravely informs us that he procured two dial plates , according to directions , magnetised the needles ...
The great Bacon believed in those sympathetic dials , and the learned Sir Thomas Browne , in his Enquiry concerning Vulgar Errors , gravely informs us that he procured two dial plates , according to directions , magnetised the needles ...
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The answer of the oracle astounded and convinced Cræsus , and seems to have had as powerful an effect upon Sir Thomas Browne , who , in his “ Enquiry concerning Vulgar Errors , ” calls this the plainest of all oracles , and decms it the ...
The answer of the oracle astounded and convinced Cræsus , and seems to have had as powerful an effect upon Sir Thomas Browne , who , in his “ Enquiry concerning Vulgar Errors , ” calls this the plainest of all oracles , and decms it the ...
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| Title | The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal Volumes 1215-1247 of Early English newspapers Volumes 384-432 of English literary periodicals |
| Contributors | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths |
| Publisher | R. Griffiths, 1799 |
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