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Page vi
... these two Remarks . With regard to the second of which , he believes that an Infcription found at Vol- terra was the Occafion of it . The Inscription is as fol- dows , A. Penfius A. F. Severus V. an . viii . M. III , D. xix . and ...
... these two Remarks . With regard to the second of which , he believes that an Infcription found at Vol- terra was the Occafion of it . The Inscription is as fol- dows , A. Penfius A. F. Severus V. an . viii . M. III , D. xix . and ...
Page viii
... these two Authors are not unanswerable , yet they are very proba- ble , and if I was to chufe , I should rather follow their Opinion than that of Eufebius . I muft inform my Reader that Soprani , not contented with placing Perfius in ...
... these two Authors are not unanswerable , yet they are very proba- ble , and if I was to chufe , I should rather follow their Opinion than that of Eufebius . I muft inform my Reader that Soprani , not contented with placing Perfius in ...
Page ix
... these Verfes , together with all the reft which he had composed in his Youth . Omnia autem Cornutus auctor fuit MATRI ejus ut aboleret . By this the Author of the Epiftle , which ferves by Way of Preface to Fa- ther Tarteron's ...
... these Verfes , together with all the reft which he had composed in his Youth . Omnia autem Cornutus auctor fuit MATRI ejus ut aboleret . By this the Author of the Epiftle , which ferves by Way of Preface to Fa- ther Tarteron's ...
Page x
... these Words with great Admiration , Thefe are moft excellent Pieces indeed . For whatever Modesty a Perfon may be poffeffed of , he will be eafily allured " by the Charms of fuch flattering Applaufes beftowed " by a good Judge in a full ...
... these Words with great Admiration , Thefe are moft excellent Pieces indeed . For whatever Modesty a Perfon may be poffeffed of , he will be eafily allured " by the Charms of fuch flattering Applaufes beftowed " by a good Judge in a full ...
Page xii
... these Words in his firft Satire . Auriculas afini Mida rex habet , which Cornutus advised them to change into these , Auriculas afini quis non habet ? Seut . in Vita Perfii . If Cornutus found Nero fo plainly pointed at here , he did ...
... these Words in his firft Satire . Auriculas afini Mida rex habet , which Cornutus advised them to change into these , Auriculas afini quis non habet ? Seut . in Vita Perfii . If Cornutus found Nero fo plainly pointed at here , he did ...
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