Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... never come out till the evening . Next to yourself , nothing is fo dear to me as this folitude ; and my whole converfation is with my books . " In- deed his whole time was employed in little else than reading and writing during Cæfar's ...
... never come out till the evening . Next to yourself , nothing is fo dear to me as this folitude ; and my whole converfation is with my books . " In- deed his whole time was employed in little else than reading and writing during Cæfar's ...
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... never tries to move till he has attempted to convince ; and in moving , particularly the fofter paffions , he is highly fuccefsful . No one ever knew the force of words better than Cice- ro . He rolls them along with the greatest beauty ...
... never tries to move till he has attempted to convince ; and in moving , particularly the fofter paffions , he is highly fuccefsful . No one ever knew the force of words better than Cice- ro . He rolls them along with the greatest beauty ...
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... never sufficiently borfes , and the horns and feet of their oxen , in order admire with that respect and veneration which we to ftrangle themselves that way ; and thus the whole owe to the great Author of nature and Ruler of the ...
... never sufficiently borfes , and the horns and feet of their oxen , in order admire with that respect and veneration which we to ftrangle themselves that way ; and thus the whole owe to the great Author of nature and Ruler of the ...
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... never faw the light of the fun ( Homer ) . To give a natural account of this fable , Feftus fays , there was a valley furrounded with a pretty high ridge , which precluded the morning and evening fun . CIMOLIA TERRA , in natural history ...
... never faw the light of the fun ( Homer ) . To give a natural account of this fable , Feftus fays , there was a valley furrounded with a pretty high ridge , which precluded the morning and evening fun . CIMOLIA TERRA , in natural history ...
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... never exceed the ratio of one to four of the officers or their descendants . Though the apparent defigns of this fociety were harmless and honourable , it did not escape popular jealoufy . Views of a deeper nature were imputed to the ...
... never exceed the ratio of one to four of the officers or their descendants . Though the apparent defigns of this fociety were harmless and honourable , it did not escape popular jealoufy . Views of a deeper nature were imputed to the ...
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