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... given us of the fame prince , by that diligent enquirer into antiquity the Prefident Henault , in a paffage that contains fome curious parti- culars , characteristical of the manners of that age . " This monarch protected letters , at a ...
... given us of the fame prince , by that diligent enquirer into antiquity the Prefident Henault , in a paffage that contains fome curious parti- culars , characteristical of the manners of that age . " This monarch protected letters , at a ...
Page 74
... given occafion to a kind of controverfy among the more curious critics , concerning the utility of the chorus , which , after the model of the ancients , he hath en- deavoured to revive . That the great Gre- cian masters retained it ...
... given occafion to a kind of controverfy among the more curious critics , concerning the utility of the chorus , which , after the model of the ancients , he hath en- deavoured to revive . That the great Gre- cian masters retained it ...
Page 121
... given to old words , used by fuch author and his fect , the whole philofophy of fuch fect ; together with the connections and dependencies of its several parts , whether Logical , Ethical , or Physical ; he , I fay , that without this ...
... given to old words , used by fuch author and his fect , the whole philofophy of fuch fect ; together with the connections and dependencies of its several parts , whether Logical , Ethical , or Physical ; he , I fay , that without this ...
Page 149
... given a comprehensive rule with respect to every fpecies of compofition , " Il ne faut rechercher , ni les penfées , ni les tours , ? ni les expreffions , et que l'art , dans tous les grands ouvrages , eft de bien raifonner , fans trop ...
... given a comprehensive rule with respect to every fpecies of compofition , " Il ne faut rechercher , ni les penfées , ni les tours , ? ni les expreffions , et que l'art , dans tous les grands ouvrages , eft de bien raifonner , fans trop ...
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... given us a curious anecdote concerning the great industry and exactness with which Waller polished even his smallest compofitions . " When the court was at Windsor , these verfest were writ in the Taffo of her Royal Highness , at Mr ...
... given us a curious anecdote concerning the great industry and exactness with which Waller polished even his smallest compofitions . " When the court was at Windsor , these verfest were writ in the Taffo of her Royal Highness , at Mr ...
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