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Page 68
... particularly that to Fortune , and fome of his pfalms ; and one or two of Voltaire , particularly , to the king of Pruffia , on his acceffion to the throne , and on Meaupertuis's travels to the north , to measure the degrees of the me ...
... particularly that to Fortune , and fome of his pfalms ; and one or two of Voltaire , particularly , to the king of Pruffia , on his acceffion to the throne , and on Meaupertuis's travels to the north , to measure the degrees of the me ...
Page 192
... particularly the beginning of the third canto of the INFERNO , as also the beginning of the fixth : particularly the infcription over the gate of Hell ; Per me fi va nella città dolente ; Per me fi va nell ' eterno dolor , & c ...
... particularly the beginning of the third canto of the INFERNO , as also the beginning of the fixth : particularly the infcription over the gate of Hell ; Per me fi va nella città dolente ; Per me fi va nell ' eterno dolor , & c ...
Page 281
... particularly , in the month , which the Spectator spends at his hall in the country * . Witness alfo the Drummer , that excellent and neglected comedy , that juft picture of life and real manners , where the poet never speaks in his own ...
... particularly , in the month , which the Spectator spends at his hall in the country * . Witness alfo the Drummer , that excellent and neglected comedy , that juft picture of life and real manners , where the poet never speaks in his own ...
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