Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volumen2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 |
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... kind be fore another . Is there any man of worth and virtue , although not instructed in the school of Christ , or ever taught what the soundness of religion meaneth , that had not rather end the days of this transitory life , as Cyrus ...
... kind be fore another . Is there any man of worth and virtue , although not instructed in the school of Christ , or ever taught what the soundness of religion meaneth , that had not rather end the days of this transitory life , as Cyrus ...
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... kind of exploration and peculiar way of rhabdomancy is that which is used in mineral discoveries ; that is , with a forked hazel , commonly called Moses his rod , which freely held forth , will stir and play if any mine be under it ...
... kind of exploration and peculiar way of rhabdomancy is that which is used in mineral discoveries ; that is , with a forked hazel , commonly called Moses his rod , which freely held forth , will stir and play if any mine be under it ...
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... - tions , which display a simplicity of language and sentiment of a very fascinating kind , and a mo- dulation and arrangement of period by many degrees more equable , easy , and flowing , than 40 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
... - tions , which display a simplicity of language and sentiment of a very fascinating kind , and a mo- dulation and arrangement of period by many degrees more equable , easy , and flowing , than 40 ON THE PROGRESS AND MERITS.
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... kind or degree of them . And it is very visible , that all sensual excess is naturally attended with a double inconvenience : as it goes beyond the limits of nature , it begets bodily pains and diseases OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C . 57.
... kind or degree of them . And it is very visible , that all sensual excess is naturally attended with a double inconvenience : as it goes beyond the limits of nature , it begets bodily pains and diseases OF ENGLISH STYLE , & C . 57.
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... kind , as the restorer of poetry , the greatest genius , the truest judge , and the best patron . " " To this extract , which is uncommonly rich , I shall add our author's opinion of the merits of Chaucer and Cowley , an example of his ...
... kind , as the restorer of poetry , the greatest genius , the truest judge , and the best patron . " " To this extract , which is uncommonly rich , I shall add our author's opinion of the merits of Chaucer and Cowley , an example of his ...
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