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Page 189
... five ages of the world , in which the human mind has ex- erted itself in an extraordinary manner ; and in which it's productions in literature * Ver . 698 . and and the fine arts have arrived at a perfection , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 189.
... five ages of the world , in which the human mind has ex- erted itself in an extraordinary manner ; and in which it's productions in literature * Ver . 698 . and and the fine arts have arrived at a perfection , AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 189.
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... itself , is a glaring inftance of the force of party * ; so senten- tious and declamatory a drama would never have met with fuch rapid and amazing fuc- cefs , if every line and fentiment had not been particularly tortured , and applied ...
... itself , is a glaring inftance of the force of party * ; so senten- tious and declamatory a drama would never have met with fuch rapid and amazing fuc- cefs , if every line and fentiment had not been particularly tortured , and applied ...
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Joseph Warton. The mind naturally loves to lose itself in one of these wilderneffes , and to forget the hurry , the noise , and fplendor of more po- lished life . 6. But on the South , a long majestic race Of Egypt's priests ... itself in ...
Joseph Warton. The mind naturally loves to lose itself in one of these wilderneffes , and to forget the hurry , the noise , and fplendor of more po- lished life . 6. But on the South , a long majestic race Of Egypt's priests ... itself in ...
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