Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... Name , I walked toward the Room ; and found the Door only juft open enough to let me fee her leaning on a Couch , with her head refted negligently on one Hand , whilft , with the other , fhe was wiping away a Tear , that ftole filently ...
... Name , I walked toward the Room ; and found the Door only juft open enough to let me fee her leaning on a Couch , with her head refted negligently on one Hand , whilft , with the other , fhe was wiping away a Tear , that ftole filently ...
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... Name . As that appearing Softness or Silkiness of fome Skins , that [ d ] Magdalen - look in fome fine Faces , after weep- ing ; that Brightness , as well as Tint , of the Hair ; that Luftre of Health , that shines forth upon the ...
... Name . As that appearing Softness or Silkiness of fome Skins , that [ d ] Magdalen - look in fome fine Faces , after weep- ing ; that Brightness , as well as Tint , of the Hair ; that Luftre of Health , that shines forth upon the ...
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... Name , in fome very pretty Lines of his on this Subject . Quò fugit Venus , heu ! quòve Color ? Decens Quò motus ? Quid habes illius , illius , Quæ fpirabat amores , Quæ me furpuerat mihi ? . -Lib , iv , Od . 13. 20 , But But though one ...
... Name , in fome very pretty Lines of his on this Subject . Quò fugit Venus , heu ! quòve Color ? Decens Quò motus ? Quid habes illius , illius , Quæ fpirabat amores , Quæ me furpuerat mihi ? . -Lib , iv , Od . 13. 20 , But But though one ...
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Robert Dodsley. miliar ; I should have called the latter by the Name of Pleasing , had not I been afraid of a Tautology for Grace is Pleafingness itself : The former belongs chiefly to the very fine Women ; and the latter , to the very ...
Robert Dodsley. miliar ; I should have called the latter by the Name of Pleasing , had not I been afraid of a Tautology for Grace is Pleafingness itself : The former belongs chiefly to the very fine Women ; and the latter , to the very ...
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... Name of decent Motion ; just as if they were equivalent Terms . Virgil in one Place points out the Majesty of Juno , and in another the graceful Air of Apollo [ e ] , by only It is obfervable , that in each of the Three laft Paffages ...
... Name of decent Motion ; just as if they were equivalent Terms . Virgil in one Place points out the Majesty of Juno , and in another the graceful Air of Apollo [ e ] , by only It is obfervable , that in each of the Three laft Paffages ...
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