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Page 208
... history , the History of Manners . 40. Oh when fhall Britain , confcious of her claim , Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame ? * Ver . 28 . + Ver . 39 Young , Satire iv . S RHINE d , ving not The and In living In 208 ESSAY ON THE ...
... history , the History of Manners . 40. Oh when fhall Britain , confcious of her claim , Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame ? * Ver . 28 . + Ver . 39 Young , Satire iv . S RHINE d , ving not The and In living In 208 ESSAY ON THE ...
Page 215
... history and literature , and are enlivened with many curious and interesting parti- culars of the manners and ways of living of the ancients . The History of John Bull , the best parts of the Memoirs of Scriblerus , the Art of Political ...
... history and literature , and are enlivened with many curious and interesting parti- culars of the manners and ways of living of the ancients . The History of John Bull , the best parts of the Memoirs of Scriblerus , the Art of Political ...
Page 260
... history , his unexampled and unremitted diligence in literary purfuits , who added credit to this very history , as Scipio and Lælius did to that of Polybius , by revifing and correcting it ; and brightening it † , as he expreffes En ...
... history , his unexampled and unremitted diligence in literary purfuits , who added credit to this very history , as Scipio and Lælius did to that of Polybius , by revifing and correcting it ; and brightening it † , as he expreffes En ...
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