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... ( says . Balzac ) qui fan & tiores Mufas colit , et , in ludicris quoque , meminiffe debet feveritatis . " Epift . Select . pag . 202. I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that fome ...
... ( says . Balzac ) qui fan & tiores Mufas colit , et , in ludicris quoque , meminiffe debet feveritatis . " Epift . Select . pag . 202. I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that fome ...
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Joseph Warton. Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis and Sir Triftan have a claffical foundation , may at first fight appear para- doxical ; but if the fubject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think ... say that ...
Joseph Warton. Fairies in the western world . To say that Amadis and Sir Triftan have a claffical foundation , may at first fight appear para- doxical ; but if the fubject were examined to the bottom , I am inclined to think ... say that ...
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... Say Say what the use , were finer optics giv❜n , T ' infpect a mite , not comprehend the heav'n . Formerly it stood , No felf - confounding faculties to share ; No fenfes ftronger than his brain can bear . At prefent , No pow'rs of ...
... Say Say what the use , were finer optics giv❜n , T ' infpect a mite , not comprehend the heav'n . Formerly it stood , No felf - confounding faculties to share ; No fenfes ftronger than his brain can bear . At prefent , No pow'rs of ...
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