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Page 129
... himself for his agility , and frequently amufed himself in a private room of his house in leaping over the tables and chairs : and that our author himself was a great VOL . II . * Ver . 69 . K epicure ? e epicure ? When he spent a ...
... himself for his agility , and frequently amufed himself in a private room of his house in leaping over the tables and chairs : and that our author himself was a great VOL . II . * Ver . 69 . K epicure ? e epicure ? When he spent a ...
Page 148
... himself a good judge of wit and humour , of which he himself had a great portion . If the friend- ship with which Dr. Young honoured me does not mislead me , I think I may venture to affirm , that many high ftrokes of cha- racter in his ...
... himself a good judge of wit and humour , of which he himself had a great portion . If the friend- ship with which Dr. Young honoured me does not mislead me , I think I may venture to affirm , that many high ftrokes of cha- racter in his ...
Page 408
... himself upon him , as Milton formed himself upon the Grecian . and Italian fons of Fancy . He fuck to defcribing modern manners ; but those man- ners , because they are familiar , uniform , arti- ficial , and polished , are , in their ...
... himself upon him , as Milton formed himself upon the Grecian . and Italian fons of Fancy . He fuck to defcribing modern manners ; but those man- ners , because they are familiar , uniform , arti- ficial , and polished , are , in their ...
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