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Page 64
... whose original is Teutonic , and which therefore , is ' not fo mufical as the Italian , the Spanish , or even the French , as not having fo great a quan- tity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as ...
... whose original is Teutonic , and which therefore , is ' not fo mufical as the Italian , the Spanish , or even the French , as not having fo great a quan- tity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as ...
Page 69
... whose willow - fringed fide The filver - footed Naids , fportive train , Down the smooth Thames amid the cygnets glide , I saw , when at thy reconciling word , Injustice , anarchy , inteftine jarr , Defpotic infolence , the wafting ...
... whose willow - fringed fide The filver - footed Naids , fportive train , Down the smooth Thames amid the cygnets glide , I saw , when at thy reconciling word , Injustice , anarchy , inteftine jarr , Defpotic infolence , the wafting ...
Page 77
... whose work is one of the most valuable that his elegant nation hath produced , than to adopt , as some have done with small variations , his opinion , with- out acknowledging the debt . An apology would be neceffary for this digreffion ...
... whose work is one of the most valuable that his elegant nation hath produced , than to adopt , as some have done with small variations , his opinion , with- out acknowledging the debt . An apology would be neceffary for this digreffion ...
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... whose pieces he corrected , with equal freedom and judgment . But Wycherley , who had a bad heart , and an infufferable share of vanity , and who was one of the profeffed WITS of the laft - mentioned age , was foon disgusted at this ...
... whose pieces he corrected , with equal freedom and judgment . But Wycherley , who had a bad heart , and an infufferable share of vanity , and who was one of the profeffed WITS of the laft - mentioned age , was foon disgusted at this ...
Page 184
... It was from the ARABIANS that we received aftro- nomy , chemistry , medicine , algebra , and arithmetic . Albategni , a Saracen , some of whofe whose manuscripts are now repofited in the Bodleian library at 184 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... It was from the ARABIANS that we received aftro- nomy , chemistry , medicine , algebra , and arithmetic . Albategni , a Saracen , some of whofe whose manuscripts are now repofited in the Bodleian library at 184 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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