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... Such Glory , as refults from true Defert . But that these Eulogies of Fools , fhou'd be The final Aim - to that , I can't agree . 100 105 110 Ver . 101. As Cedar's Juice ] Bookfellers , to preserve their valu able Books from growing ...
... Such Glory , as refults from true Defert . But that these Eulogies of Fools , fhou'd be The final Aim - to that , I can't agree . 100 105 110 Ver . 101. As Cedar's Juice ] Bookfellers , to preserve their valu able Books from growing ...
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... : " How choice bis Figures ! " - How abfurd ! fay I. 190 Canft thou , O Roman ! then , submit to please By Arts ? Such tickling , trifling Arts as thefe ? Say , Say , fhou'd the Ship - wreck'd Sailor fing his ' ( 18 )
... : " How choice bis Figures ! " - How abfurd ! fay I. 190 Canft thou , O Roman ! then , submit to please By Arts ? Such tickling , trifling Arts as thefe ? Say , Say , fhou'd the Ship - wreck'd Sailor fing his ' ( 18 )
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... of which Animals , they also characterised their Gods and Genii , For the Reason , see L'Hiftoire du Ciel , Vol . I. The Crowd he neer'd ; but sneer'd with such a C4 The ( 23 ) Me it concerns not. Henceforth every Line, ...
... of which Animals , they also characterised their Gods and Genii , For the Reason , see L'Hiftoire du Ciel , Vol . I. The Crowd he neer'd ; but sneer'd with such a C4 The ( 23 ) Me it concerns not. Henceforth every Line, ...
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Persius. The Crowd he neer'd ; but sneer'd with such a Grace , It pafs'd for down - right Innocence of Face . May not I whisper then ? Not any where ? - No , not in private ? —to a Ditch ? -M . Not there . 265 P. Then bere I'll bury ...
Persius. The Crowd he neer'd ; but sneer'd with such a Grace , It pafs'd for down - right Innocence of Face . May not I whisper then ? Not any where ? - No , not in private ? —to a Ditch ? -M . Not there . 265 P. Then bere I'll bury ...
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... such Debtors . He was afterwards made a Collector in Gaul , where he acquired ( as Perfius expreffes it , Sat. 4. quantum non Milvus oberret :) " more Lands than a Kite can fly over . " Dr. Arbuthnot's Tables , p . 119 . May " May Kings ...
... such Debtors . He was afterwards made a Collector in Gaul , where he acquired ( as Perfius expreffes it , Sat. 4. quantum non Milvus oberret :) " more Lands than a Kite can fly over . " Dr. Arbuthnot's Tables , p . 119 . May " May Kings ...
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