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... moft perfect productions of the anci- ent philofophers and poets ; and when we know that he has added to this whatever could be found in the fociety of the most enlightened men and the first wits of his age ; we fhall no longer be ...
... moft perfect productions of the anci- ent philofophers and poets ; and when we know that he has added to this whatever could be found in the fociety of the most enlightened men and the first wits of his age ; we fhall no longer be ...
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... moft fuccefsful Roman chief , On that fam'd day when he fubdu'd the world , Sav'd ev❜n his foes in dire Pharfalia's field . Lewis with equal mind at Fontenoy , 7 Mild in fuccefs , his vanquifh'd foes confoles ; Like a good deity his ...
... moft fuccefsful Roman chief , On that fam'd day when he fubdu'd the world , Sav'd ev❜n his foes in dire Pharfalia's field . Lewis with equal mind at Fontenoy , 7 Mild in fuccefs , his vanquifh'd foes confoles ; Like a good deity his ...
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... moft highly finished , but rather over laboured . This famous picture is clofeted up , and when fhewn is brought forth with great folemnity . Wright . [ An inestimable picture in the poffeffion of Sir William Hamilton , bre V svolled D ...
... moft highly finished , but rather over laboured . This famous picture is clofeted up , and when fhewn is brought forth with great folemnity . Wright . [ An inestimable picture in the poffeffion of Sir William Hamilton , bre V svolled D ...
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Martin Sherlock. As to wit , the Countefs Bergen has unquestionably the moft ; the Coun- tefs Degenfield , wife of the Dutch envoy , is highly accomplished and amiable ; and the Baronefs of Rhei- fhach has as much real merit as I have ...
Martin Sherlock. As to wit , the Countefs Bergen has unquestionably the moft ; the Coun- tefs Degenfield , wife of the Dutch envoy , is highly accomplished and amiable ; and the Baronefs of Rhei- fhach has as much real merit as I have ...
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... men , dreffed with an elegance fuitable to the equipage . This is one of the happy moments in the life of a Viennese lady ; it is the moment in which the makes the moft most pompous difplay of her riches and of her charms [ 54 ]
... men , dreffed with an elegance fuitable to the equipage . This is one of the happy moments in the life of a Viennese lady ; it is the moment in which the makes the moft most pompous difplay of her riches and of her charms [ 54 ]
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