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... styles this a very splendid and correct edition . See his Handbuch . " An excellent edition . " Harwood . This edition has two different cities assigned to it as the place of its publication ; Mr. Dibdin gives it Amsterdam ; Brunet , De ...
... styles this a very splendid and correct edition . See his Handbuch . " An excellent edition . " Harwood . This edition has two different cities assigned to it as the place of its publication ; Mr. Dibdin gives it Amsterdam ; Brunet , De ...
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... style , that " bold and descriptive imagery , for which the author is pecu- " liarly distinguished . " Critical Review . - Frequently re- printed . See the Bibliographical Miscellany , v . i . p . 2 and 3 ; and Brunet , t . i . p . 18 ...
... style , that " bold and descriptive imagery , for which the author is pecu- " liarly distinguished . " Critical Review . - Frequently re- printed . See the Bibliographical Miscellany , v . i . p . 2 and 3 ; and Brunet , t . i . p . 18 ...
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... style and method they are written in , " will more admire he should write so well . " LOND . 8vo . 1704. A collection of Fables , taken from the most celebrated Mythologists . 2 vols . LOND . 8vo . 1708. Containing 250 select Fables of ...
... style and method they are written in , " will more admire he should write so well . " LOND . 8vo . 1704. A collection of Fables , taken from the most celebrated Mythologists . 2 vols . LOND . 8vo . 1708. Containing 250 select Fables of ...
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... style , but " more highly finished ; and the frontispiece , representing a " kind of theatre , where the lion and several other beasts ap- pear on the stage , and a part of the audience is represented " below , is a specimen of the most ...
... style , but " more highly finished ; and the frontispiece , representing a " kind of theatre , where the lion and several other beasts ap- pear on the stage , and a part of the audience is represented " below , is a specimen of the most ...
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... style greatly superior to the generality of the editions executed by that society . LIPS . 8vo . 1808. Wagneri . This edition of Ammianus Marcellinus , by Wagner , says Fuhrmann , is the very best extant . See his Handbuch der ...
... style greatly superior to the generality of the editions executed by that society . LIPS . 8vo . 1808. Wagneri . This edition of Ammianus Marcellinus , by Wagner , says Fuhrmann , is the very best extant . See his Handbuch der ...
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