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Page xi
... hand in hand . In the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and dis- cussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
... hand in hand . In the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and dis- cussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
Page 273
... hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been some time , as he tells ...
... hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been some time , as he tells ...
Page 444
... hand Plato's treatise on the Immortality of the Soul , a drawn sword on the table by him . Now let us consider the place in which this sight is presented to us . The place , forsooth , is a long hall . Let us suppose , that anyone ...
... hand Plato's treatise on the Immortality of the Soul , a drawn sword on the table by him . Now let us consider the place in which this sight is presented to us . The place , forsooth , is a long hall . Let us suppose , that anyone ...
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