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Page vi
... lived ferve as no Ex- cufe for the Obscurity of his Stile ( K ) , as fome have pretended . Some Italian Genea- logifts alledge that the Falconcini Family of Volterra derive their Original from his Fa- ther ( L ) . NOTES . ( A ) Aulus ...
... lived ferve as no Ex- cufe for the Obscurity of his Stile ( K ) , as fome have pretended . Some Italian Genea- logifts alledge that the Falconcini Family of Volterra derive their Original from his Fa- ther ( L ) . NOTES . ( A ) Aulus ...
Page ix
... lived about ten Years after he contract- ed an intimate Friendship with Thrafeas . Now as he lived but twenty - eight Years in all , it is evident that their Friendship commenced while Perfius ftudied Philo- fophy under Cornutus , and ...
... lived about ten Years after he contract- ed an intimate Friendship with Thrafeas . Now as he lived but twenty - eight Years in all , it is evident that their Friendship commenced while Perfius ftudied Philo- fophy under Cornutus , and ...
Page xvii
... lived juft fo many Years , within a few Days . Therefore the Author of his Life has rec- koned very ill , when after having fixed the Day and Year of his Birth and Death with so much Exactness , he places his Death in the thirtieth Year ...
... lived juft fo many Years , within a few Days . Therefore the Author of his Life has rec- koned very ill , when after having fixed the Day and Year of his Birth and Death with so much Exactness , he places his Death in the thirtieth Year ...
Page xxi
... lived can be no Excufe for the Obfcurity of his Stile . ] I am forry I cannot be of the fame Opinion with the Author of the Preface , who has furnished me with two Paffages , the Reading of which is fo agreeable . I know very well ...
... lived can be no Excufe for the Obfcurity of his Stile . ] I am forry I cannot be of the fame Opinion with the Author of the Preface , who has furnished me with two Paffages , the Reading of which is fo agreeable . I know very well ...
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