Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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... last of these Fi- gures , which exceeds the Bounds of our prefent En- quiry ; what I have heard an Italian Artift call Il foura umano ; and what we may call the Tranfcen- dent , or Celestial [ f ] . ' Tis fomething diftinct from [ e ] ...
... last of these Fi- gures , which exceeds the Bounds of our prefent En- quiry ; what I have heard an Italian Artift call Il foura umano ; and what we may call the Tranfcen- dent , or Celestial [ f ] . ' Tis fomething diftinct from [ e ] ...
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... last to have fo great a Share in their Idea of Beauty , that they now cat and flash the Faces of their poor little Infants , in order to give them those Graces when they are grown up , which are fo neceffary to win the Hearts of their ...
... last to have fo great a Share in their Idea of Beauty , that they now cat and flash the Faces of their poor little Infants , in order to give them those Graces when they are grown up , which are fo neceffary to win the Hearts of their ...
Page 77
... last Reigns , ( for it was this Emperor's Father who ordered it to be built ) has been appropriated for the Eunuchs to act in it , at feveral Times in the Year , all the Commerce , Marketings , Arts , Trades , Bustle , and Hurry , and ...
... last Reigns , ( for it was this Emperor's Father who ordered it to be built ) has been appropriated for the Eunuchs to act in it , at feveral Times in the Year , all the Commerce , Marketings , Arts , Trades , Bustle , and Hurry , and ...
Page 95
... last mifreprefented by Hif- torians , who thought they muft draw the Devil in a bad Shape . But I will not ( on this Occafion ) accept of Richard's Statue from the Hand of any Hiftorian , or even of Shakespear himself ; but only from ...
... last mifreprefented by Hif- torians , who thought they muft draw the Devil in a bad Shape . But I will not ( on this Occafion ) accept of Richard's Statue from the Hand of any Hiftorian , or even of Shakespear himself ; but only from ...
Page 120
... last taking it away . Henry promoting the Silk Manufacture in France ; Lewis in England . One treating his Sub- jects as his Children ; the other as his Slaves . Henry bravely afferting his own Rights ; Lewis bafely en- croaching on ...
... last taking it away . Henry promoting the Silk Manufacture in France ; Lewis in England . One treating his Sub- jects as his Children ; the other as his Slaves . Henry bravely afferting his own Rights ; Lewis bafely en- croaching on ...
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