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Page 41
... should purfue , we should see almost every man as eminent in his proper fphere as Tully was in his , and fhould in a very short time find impertinence and affecta- tion banished from among the women , and coxcombs and false characters ...
... should purfue , we should see almost every man as eminent in his proper fphere as Tully was in his , and fhould in a very short time find impertinence and affecta- tion banished from among the women , and coxcombs and false characters ...
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Homer and Hefiod intimate to us how this art should be applied , when they represent the mufes as furrounding Jupiter , and warbling their hymns about his throne . I might fhew from innumerable paffages in ancient writers ... should ...
Homer and Hefiod intimate to us how this art should be applied , when they represent the mufes as furrounding Jupiter , and warbling their hymns about his throne . I might fhew from innumerable paffages in ancient writers ... should ...
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... should be out of hu- mour has had very good effects . My letters mention particular circumftances of two or three perfons , who ⚫ had the good fenfe to retire of their own accord , and ⚫ notified that they were withdrawn , with the ...
... should be out of hu- mour has had very good effects . My letters mention particular circumftances of two or three perfons , who ⚫ had the good fenfe to retire of their own accord , and ⚫ notified that they were withdrawn , with the ...
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