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Page 13
... called The Mis- and cruelty , her disdain and inconstancy , pro- tress , of which it is not necessary to select any duce no correspondence of emotion . His poeti- particular pieces for praise or censure . They cal account of the virtues ...
... called The Mis- and cruelty , her disdain and inconstancy , pro- tress , of which it is not necessary to select any duce no correspondence of emotion . His poeti- particular pieces for praise or censure . They cal account of the virtues ...
Page 14
... called a translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour ! Great Rhea's ...
... called a translation , it may be very properly con- sulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed not every where equally preserved . The following pretty lines are not such as his deep mouth was used to pour ! Great Rhea's ...
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... called , masters of arts . " And in his discourse on the likeliest way to remove hirelings out of the church , " the ingeniously proposes , that the profits of the lands forfeited by the act for su- perstitious usese should be applied ...
... called , masters of arts . " And in his discourse on the likeliest way to remove hirelings out of the church , " the ingeniously proposes , that the profits of the lands forfeited by the act for su- perstitious usese should be applied ...
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... called before the Lords ; " but that House , " says Wood , " whether ap- proving the doctrine , or not favouring his ac- cusers , did soon dismiss him . ” There seems not to have been much written against him , nor any thing by any ...
... called before the Lords ; " but that House , " says Wood , " whether ap- proving the doctrine , or not favouring his ac- cusers , did soon dismiss him . ” There seems not to have been much written against him , nor any thing by any ...
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... called " Apologia pro more pleasing to God , or more agreeable to Rege et Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Poly - reason , than that the highest mind should have pragmatici ( alias Miltoni ) defensionem destruc- the sovereign power ...
... called " Apologia pro more pleasing to God , or more agreeable to Rege et Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Poly - reason , than that the highest mind should have pragmatici ( alias Miltoni ) defensionem destruc- the sovereign power ...
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