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Page 88
... attempt here laid before the public , we should be blind indeed to the difficulties of the undertaking , not to see ... attempted to form entire plays out of selec- tions from different Grecian dramas . The House of Atreus ' consists of ...
... attempt here laid before the public , we should be blind indeed to the difficulties of the undertaking , not to see ... attempted to form entire plays out of selec- tions from different Grecian dramas . The House of Atreus ' consists of ...
Page 350
... attempt to unite the two seas ; the age of which must remain uncertain , because history sup- plies us with several successive attempts to perform this work , none of which were ever accomplished . The various causes of this failure are ...
... attempt to unite the two seas ; the age of which must remain uncertain , because history sup- plies us with several successive attempts to perform this work , none of which were ever accomplished . The various causes of this failure are ...
Page 485
... attempt will scarcely meet with credit when it is contra- dicted by the testimony of contemporary writers . The succession of Charles V. to the dignity of emperor- elect formed a kind of æra in the history of Italian politics ...
... attempt will scarcely meet with credit when it is contra- dicted by the testimony of contemporary writers . The succession of Charles V. to the dignity of emperor- elect formed a kind of æra in the history of Italian politics ...
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Timber Essay on the Strength of | 18 |
Tobin Mr Memoirs | 30 |
Translation New of Aristotles | 177 |
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