An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... some pieces of afcetic devotion , composed by him , are preserved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon says remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men usually do , not what they ought to do . 2 been been ever invented . Facts ...
... some pieces of afcetic devotion , composed by him , are preserved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon says remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men usually do , not what they ought to do . 2 been been ever invented . Facts ...
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... Some faint tra ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impossible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B2 ...
... Some faint tra ditions of the ancients might have been kept glimmering and alive during the whole barbarous ages , as they are called ; and it is not impossible , but these have been the parents of the Genii in the eastern , and the B2 ...
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... some French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the present magnificent ...
... some French translations of Livy , Valerius Maximus , and St. Austin's City of God . He placed these in one of the towers of the old Louvre , which was called the tower of the library . This was the foundation of the present magnificent ...
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... some pieces after Dryden more . used to say , Experto credite , quantus In clypeum assurgat , quo turbine torqueat hastam . Crebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage , tern of POPE , unconnected with the main ...
... some pieces after Dryden more . used to say , Experto credite , quantus In clypeum assurgat , quo turbine torqueat hastam . Crebillon was ninety when he brought his Catiline on the stage , tern of POPE , unconnected with the main ...
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... of the inquisition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caused some al- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754- and and I place them last , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... of the inquisition in favour of this edition , in which the holy father caused some al- terations to be made . " LONGUERUANA , Tom . II . p . 62 . a Berlin , 1754- and and I place them last , as I think them 18 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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