Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... Account of the Em - V . A Modest Defence of peror of China's Gardens , near Pekin . III . Deformity . By William Hay , Efq . IV . Lucina fine Concubitu . VI . The Pretty Gentleman . VII . The Polite Philofopher . VIII . Plan of an Essay ...
... Account of the Em - V . A Modest Defence of peror of China's Gardens , near Pekin . III . Deformity . By William Hay , Efq . IV . Lucina fine Concubitu . VI . The Pretty Gentleman . VII . The Polite Philofopher . VIII . Plan of an Essay ...
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... account for , re- plied MILESIUS . I am fatisfied with feeing that they are fo ; ' tis a fubject that I never yet had a fingle De- fire to reafon upon ; and I can very willingly leave it to you , to be a Philofopher in Love . - But ...
... account for , re- plied MILESIUS . I am fatisfied with feeing that they are fo ; ' tis a fubject that I never yet had a fingle De- fire to reafon upon ; and I can very willingly leave it to you , to be a Philofopher in Love . - But ...
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... Account that Good - nature may , very justly , be faid to be " the best Feature even in the fineft Face . " Mr. Pope has included the principal Paffions of each Sort , in Two very pretty Lines : Love , Hope , and Joy , fair Pleasure's ...
... Account that Good - nature may , very justly , be faid to be " the best Feature even in the fineft Face . " Mr. Pope has included the principal Paffions of each Sort , in Two very pretty Lines : Love , Hope , and Joy , fair Pleasure's ...
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... account for the Juftness of what Pliny afferts in fpeaking of the famous Statue of Laocoon , and his Two Sons : He fays , It was the finest Piece of Art in Rome ; and [ 9 ] to be preferred to all the other Statues and Pic- tures , of ...
... account for the Juftness of what Pliny afferts in fpeaking of the famous Statue of Laocoon , and his Two Sons : He fays , It was the finest Piece of Art in Rome ; and [ 9 ] to be preferred to all the other Statues and Pic- tures , of ...
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... Account alone , that it could have been preferable to them , and all the rest . Before I quit this Head , I would just remind you of Two Things that I have mentioned before : That the chief Rule of the Beauty of the Paffions , is Mo ...
... Account alone , that it could have been preferable to them , and all the rest . Before I quit this Head , I would just remind you of Two Things that I have mentioned before : That the chief Rule of the Beauty of the Paffions , is Mo ...
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