The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, 17. köideWilliam Miller, 1808 |
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... discourses being commonly the canvassing and solution of some question , either philosophical or philological , always instructive , and usually plea- sant ; for the cups went round with the debate , and men were merry and wise together ...
... discourses being commonly the canvassing and solution of some question , either philosophical or philological , always instructive , and usually plea- sant ; for the cups went round with the debate , and men were merry and wise together ...
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... discourse into their own language , have learned to despise our better thoughts , which must come de- formed and lame in conversation to them , as being transmitted in a tongue of which we are not mas- ters . This is to arrogate a ...
... discourse into their own language , have learned to despise our better thoughts , which must come de- formed and lame in conversation to them , as being transmitted in a tongue of which we are not mas- ters . This is to arrogate a ...
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... discourses of wise men , which he had heard in conversation , or which he had re- ceived from others by tradition ; as likewise the records and public instruments preserved in cities which he had visited in his travels , and which he ...
... discourses of wise men , which he had heard in conversation , or which he had re- ceived from others by tradition ; as likewise the records and public instruments preserved in cities which he had visited in his travels , and which he ...
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... discourses , whether historical or moral , or questions of natural philosophy , or solu- tions of problems mathematical ; whether he ar- raigns the opinions of other sects , or establishes the doctrines of his own ; in all these kinds ...
... discourses , whether historical or moral , or questions of natural philosophy , or solu- tions of problems mathematical ; whether he ar- raigns the opinions of other sects , or establishes the doctrines of his own ; in all these kinds ...
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... discourse , it was demanded of Hannibal by Scipio , -whom he thought to have been the greatest captain ? To whom he thus an- swered - In the first place , Alexander of Mace- don ; in the second , Pyrrhus of Epyrus ; 52 THE LIFE OF ...
... discourse , it was demanded of Hannibal by Scipio , -whom he thought to have been the greatest captain ? To whom he thus an- swered - In the first place , Alexander of Mace- don ; in the second , Pyrrhus of Epyrus ; 52 THE LIFE OF ...
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