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... praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining that he was more or less conversant with that family . The same year he published the " City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ...
... praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford reason for imagining that he was more or less conversant with that family . The same year he published the " City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ...
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... praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford rea son for imagining that he was more or less con- versant with that family . The same year he published the " City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ...
... praise of the Countess's music , and his lines on the famous picture of Seneca , afford rea son for imagining that he was more or less con- versant with that family . The same year he published the " City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ...
Pagina 5
... praise which reason would not re- fuse . Among the advantages to arise from the future years of William's reign , he mentions a Society for useful Arts , and among them Some that with care true eloquence shall teach , And to just idioms ...
... praise which reason would not re- fuse . Among the advantages to arise from the future years of William's reign , he mentions a Society for useful Arts , and among them Some that with care true eloquence shall teach , And to just idioms ...
Pagina 18
... praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who can be supposed to have laboured through it ? Yet the time has been when this neglected work was so popular , that it was translated into Latin by no common ...
... praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who can be supposed to have laboured through it ? Yet the time has been when this neglected work was so popular , that it was translated into Latin by no common ...
Pagina 21
... praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac- tivity of fancy . He never made any effort of in- vention : his greater pieces are only tissues of common thoughts ; and his smaller ...
... praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or ac- tivity of fancy . He never made any effort of in- vention : his greater pieces are only tissues of common thoughts ; and his smaller ...
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