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... learned , Stanley's edition increased in value , and is becoming daily more scarce . £ 6 . 6s . HAG . COM . 4to . 1745. Gr . et Lat . Pauwii . 2 vols . A rare edition , and in request , though inferior to the pre- ceding . A copy in red ...
... learned , Stanley's edition increased in value , and is becoming daily more scarce . £ 6 . 6s . HAG . COM . 4to . 1745. Gr . et Lat . Pauwii . 2 vols . A rare edition , and in request , though inferior to the pre- ceding . A copy in red ...
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... learned and valuable production . See b . vi . p . 590 , where he corrects a passage in the Persæ , ' and proves satis- factorily a breach in that play , which no editor has been aware of , whose edition I am at all acquainted with ...
... learned and valuable production . See b . vi . p . 590 , where he corrects a passage in the Persæ , ' and proves satis- factorily a breach in that play , which no editor has been aware of , whose edition I am at all acquainted with ...
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... learned friend , is prefixed to the select Fables of Æsop and other Fabulists ; by R. Dodsley . Lond . 12mo . 1767. p . 11– 53. The editor , in his preface , says : " The Life of Æsop , " prefixed to the former editions of these fables ...
... learned friend , is prefixed to the select Fables of Æsop and other Fabulists ; by R. Dodsley . Lond . 12mo . 1767. p . 11– 53. The editor , in his preface , says : " The Life of Æsop , " prefixed to the former editions of these fables ...
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... learned , and little sought after in commerce . No. 2530. See Brunet , t . i . p . 46. This edition appeared in 1753 , with a new title , bearing the date of that year . 7s . 6d . p . LOND . 12mo . 1733. Gr . et Lat . Trappii . 3s ...
... learned , and little sought after in commerce . No. 2530. See Brunet , t . i . p . 46. This edition appeared in 1753 , with a new title , bearing the date of that year . 7s . 6d . p . LOND . 12mo . 1733. Gr . et Lat . Trappii . 3s ...
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... learned and ingenious trans- " lator has enhanced the value of his work by a competent " number , not an ostentatious and unnecessary load of notes , " which illustrate and even adorn it ; as they present us with " several parallel ...
... learned and ingenious trans- " lator has enhanced the value of his work by a competent " number , not an ostentatious and unnecessary load of notes , " which illustrate and even adorn it ; as they present us with " several parallel ...
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