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Page 15
... hears NEAS or ACHILLES speak , than when VIRGIL or HOMER talk in their own persons . Besides , that assuming the character of an eminent man is apt to fire the imagination , and raise the ideas of the author . TULLY tells us ...
... hears NEAS or ACHILLES speak , than when VIRGIL or HOMER talk in their own persons . Besides , that assuming the character of an eminent man is apt to fire the imagination , and raise the ideas of the author . TULLY tells us ...
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... hear any of them , from my observation on these above - men- tioned , until I hoped some good from the character of my present admirer , a Clergyman . But I find , even among them , there are indirect practices in relation to love , and ...
... hear any of them , from my observation on these above - men- tioned , until I hoped some good from the character of my present admirer , a Clergyman . But I find , even among them , there are indirect practices in relation to love , and ...
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... hear of , she then knew how to press and secure this advantage , by approving it as his thought , and seconding it as his proposal . By this means she has gained an interest in some of his lead- ing passions , and made them accessary to ...
... hear of , she then knew how to press and secure this advantage , by approving it as his thought , and seconding it as his proposal . By this means she has gained an interest in some of his lead- ing passions , and made them accessary to ...
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... hear Infernal thunder , and for lightning see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his angels ; and his throne itself Mixt with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His own invented torments.- His preferring annihilation ...
... hear Infernal thunder , and for lightning see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his angels ; and his throne itself Mixt with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His own invented torments.- His preferring annihilation ...
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his sick bed , he bewailed the misfortune that he should not hear a discourse from him : " But you may , " an- swered POSSIDONIUS ; and immediately entered into the point of stoical philosophy , which says pain is not an evil . During ...
his sick bed , he bewailed the misfortune that he should not hear a discourse from him : " But you may , " an- swered POSSIDONIUS ; and immediately entered into the point of stoical philosophy , which says pain is not an evil . During ...
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