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... believe 66 every word in his obfervations on Morocco " fenfe . " In the Empress of Morocco were these << lines : " I'll travel then to fome remoter sphere , " Till I find out new worlds , and crown you there . On On which Dryden made ...
... believe 66 every word in his obfervations on Morocco " fenfe . " In the Empress of Morocco were these << lines : " I'll travel then to fome remoter sphere , " Till I find out new worlds , and crown you there . On On which Dryden made ...
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Samuel Johnson. On which Dryden made this remark : " I believe our learned author takes a . " fphere for a country ; the fphere of Mo- " rocco , as if Morocco were the globe of " earth and water ; but a globe is no sphere " neither , by ...
Samuel Johnson. On which Dryden made this remark : " I believe our learned author takes a . " fphere for a country ; the fphere of Mo- " rocco , as if Morocco were the globe of " earth and water ; but a globe is no sphere " neither , by ...
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... believe Almanzor , and think that all Ab- " dalla's fubjects , piled upon one another , " might not pull down his fate fo well as with- " out piling befides , I think Abdalla for wife a man , that if Almanzor had told him 66 piling his ...
... believe Almanzor , and think that all Ab- " dalla's fubjects , piled upon one another , " might not pull down his fate fo well as with- " out piling befides , I think Abdalla for wife a man , that if Almanzor had told him 66 piling his ...
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... believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it , capacious as it was , with other materials , came unprovided to the contro- verfy , and wanted rather skill to discover the ...
... believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it , capacious as it was , with other materials , came unprovided to the contro- verfy , and wanted rather skill to discover the ...
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... believe , was ever popular . The verfion of Xavier's Life is commended by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to flatter ; and the occafion of it is faid to have been , that the Queen , when the folicited a fon , made vows to him as her ...
... believe , was ever popular . The verfion of Xavier's Life is commended by Brown , in a pamphlet not written to flatter ; and the occafion of it is faid to have been , that the Queen , when the folicited a fon , made vows to him as her ...
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