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Page 133
... taken notice of ; for Thuanus in- forms us , that MADNESS is a common dif- order among the Spaniards at the latter part of life , about the age of which the knight is represented . " Sur la fin de fes jours Mendozza devint furieux ...
... taken notice of ; for Thuanus in- forms us , that MADNESS is a common dif- order among the Spaniards at the latter part of life , about the age of which the knight is represented . " Sur la fin de fes jours Mendozza devint furieux ...
Page 172
... taken from Pindar , and , probably , from Alcæus * . His excellence lay in exquifite observations on human life , and in touching the foibles of mankind with delicacy and urbanity . ' Tis eafy to perceive this moral + turn in all his ...
... taken from Pindar , and , probably , from Alcæus * . His excellence lay in exquifite observations on human life , and in touching the foibles of mankind with delicacy and urbanity . ' Tis eafy to perceive this moral + turn in all his ...
Page 308
... taken from • The best of his ENGLAND'S HEROICAL EPISTLES , are king John to Matilda , Elinor Cobham to Duke Hum- phry , William De Le Poole to Queen Margaret ; Jane Shore to Edward IV . Lord Surrey to Geraldine , and Lady Jane Grey to ...
... taken from • The best of his ENGLAND'S HEROICAL EPISTLES , are king John to Matilda , Elinor Cobham to Duke Hum- phry , William De Le Poole to Queen Margaret ; Jane Shore to Edward IV . Lord Surrey to Geraldine , and Lady Jane Grey to ...
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