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Page xii
... mind an Affair of fuch great Importance . This I cannot take upon me to answer for ; because a fecond Marriage , and even the Condition of a young Widow , is a great Hin- drance to the Execution of fuch a Charge ; but this I am fure of ...
... mind an Affair of fuch great Importance . This I cannot take upon me to answer for ; because a fecond Marriage , and even the Condition of a young Widow , is a great Hin- drance to the Execution of fuch a Charge ; but this I am fure of ...
Page xvi
... added to the new Tranflation of Petronius Pag . 24. Tom . I. of the Dutch Edition 1694 .. It has been lawful in all Ages to criticife paltry Performances , when when they are published . The defects of the Mind xvi The LIFE of.
... added to the new Tranflation of Petronius Pag . 24. Tom . I. of the Dutch Edition 1694 .. It has been lawful in all Ages to criticife paltry Performances , when when they are published . The defects of the Mind xvi The LIFE of.
Page xvii
Persius. when they are published . The defects of the Mind may be cenfured every where , and this Liberty is as ancient as the World . The Torva & c . which we read in Juvenal , ( he fhould have faid Perfius ) fhews that Nero himself ...
Persius. when they are published . The defects of the Mind may be cenfured every where , and this Liberty is as ancient as the World . The Torva & c . which we read in Juvenal , ( he fhould have faid Perfius ) fhews that Nero himself ...
Page xx
... mind of those which are bestowed upon two of our French Poets . It is not the Quantity of an Author's Works which renders him immor- tal ; we have Perfius tranfmitted to us in two Sheets of Pa- per . The Abbot de Cerifi will live longer ...
... mind of those which are bestowed upon two of our French Poets . It is not the Quantity of an Author's Works which renders him immor- tal ; we have Perfius tranfmitted to us in two Sheets of Pa- per . The Abbot de Cerifi will live longer ...
Page xxii
... mind what he faid ; but I am fure that this proud and formidable Critic , would have been seized with violent Tremblings and Agitations at the very Sight of Nero . Į cannot help admiring the Boldness of Perfius in venturing once to ...
... mind what he faid ; but I am fure that this proud and formidable Critic , would have been seized with violent Tremblings and Agitations at the very Sight of Nero . Į cannot help admiring the Boldness of Perfius in venturing once to ...
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