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Page 252
... allowed to think fufficient to hinder his giving credence to them . It is fcarcely neceffary to obferve , that the ftory of a houfe being transported from Paleftine to Italy is incredible , futile , ufelefs , nay , difgraceful , to the ...
... allowed to think fufficient to hinder his giving credence to them . It is fcarcely neceffary to obferve , that the ftory of a houfe being transported from Paleftine to Italy is incredible , futile , ufelefs , nay , difgraceful , to the ...
Page 261
... allowed to treat of the origin of the univerfe , in the way he did , as a point of philofophical fpecu- lation ; taking care not to deny the gods of his country . The Stoics gave no offence when they openly proclaimed and afferted in ...
... allowed to treat of the origin of the univerfe , in the way he did , as a point of philofophical fpecu- lation ; taking care not to deny the gods of his country . The Stoics gave no offence when they openly proclaimed and afferted in ...
Page 278
... allowed that he had , -yet , as our author has not equalled Homer's fublimity , he should not imitate Homer's ne- gligences : the one bard may be allowed to flumber , but it be- hoves the other to be watchful . We learn , from the ...
... allowed that he had , -yet , as our author has not equalled Homer's fublimity , he should not imitate Homer's ne- gligences : the one bard may be allowed to flumber , but it be- hoves the other to be watchful . We learn , from the ...
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Atkinsons Poetical Epiftle from Marie | 1 |
Jackson on the prefent State of Mufic | 12 |
Chalmerss Collection of Treaties | 39 |
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