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Pagina 145
... should be burnt , that all memory of things past should be effaced , and that the whole system of life should commence anew ? We have never been witnesses of animosities excited by the use of minced pies and plumb porridge ; nor seen ...
... should be burnt , that all memory of things past should be effaced , and that the whole system of life should commence anew ? We have never been witnesses of animosities excited by the use of minced pies and plumb porridge ; nor seen ...
Pagina 161
... should be suitable to the translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who intends to translate him should endeavour to understand him ; that perspicuity should be studied , and unusual and uncouth ...
... should be suitable to the translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who intends to translate him should endeavour to understand him ; that perspicuity should be studied , and unusual and uncouth ...
Pagina 230
... should meet with less encouragement than those of his own Flecknoe , or Blackmore ; that Tillotson and St. George , Tom Thumb and Temple , should be set on an equal foot . This is the reason why this very paper has been so long delayed ...
... should meet with less encouragement than those of his own Flecknoe , or Blackmore ; that Tillotson and St. George , Tom Thumb and Temple , should be set on an equal foot . This is the reason why this very paper has been so long delayed ...
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