The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 8H.D. Symonds, 1799 |
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... distinguished by that ludicrous buftle which is ufual on fuch occafions . The honeft ruftics were affembled for the purposes of recreation , and merriment , in every form , feemed to be the ardent object of purfuit . A country fair has ...
... distinguished by that ludicrous buftle which is ufual on fuch occafions . The honeft ruftics were affembled for the purposes of recreation , and merriment , in every form , feemed to be the ardent object of purfuit . A country fair has ...
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... ode , than the coldnefs of criticifm . Great * Mr . Cowley has admirably paraphrafed this encomium , which cannot be here inferted on account of its length . as as his ideas are , Pindar is less distinguished by 60 THE MONTHLY VISITOR .
... ode , than the coldnefs of criticifm . Great * Mr . Cowley has admirably paraphrafed this encomium , which cannot be here inferted on account of its length . as as his ideas are , Pindar is less distinguished by 60 THE MONTHLY VISITOR .
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as his ideas are , Pindar is less distinguished by the sub- limity of his thoughts and fentiments , than by the grandeur of his language and expreffion ; and that his " inimitable " excellence confifts rather in the energy , propriety ...
as his ideas are , Pindar is less distinguished by the sub- limity of his thoughts and fentiments , than by the grandeur of his language and expreffion ; and that his " inimitable " excellence confifts rather in the energy , propriety ...
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... distinguished for its celebrity ; and the recent Ex- pedition of Buonaparte has awakened our curiofity afresh refpecting it . We long to become acquainted with a region of the earth where the greateft of French generals has unfurled his ...
... distinguished for its celebrity ; and the recent Ex- pedition of Buonaparte has awakened our curiofity afresh refpecting it . We long to become acquainted with a region of the earth where the greateft of French generals has unfurled his ...
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... distinguished in the earliest periods of our history . At prefent the town is large and well built , contain- ing two parish churches . On a fteep hill near this place , ftands a very ancient tower , commonly called Glaftonbury Tor ...
... distinguished in the earliest periods of our history . At prefent the town is large and well built , contain- ing two parish churches . On a fteep hill near this place , ftands a very ancient tower , commonly called Glaftonbury Tor ...
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