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... command of As Nor rais'd his head , nor ftretch'd his fcepter'd hand . But , when he speaks , what elocution flows ! Soft as the fleeces of defcending fnows , The copious accents fall , with easy art ; Melting they fall , and fink into ...
... command of As Nor rais'd his head , nor ftretch'd his fcepter'd hand . But , when he speaks , what elocution flows ! Soft as the fleeces of defcending fnows , The copious accents fall , with easy art ; Melting they fall , and fink into ...
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... command- ing fuch a majority that the are's have ever maintained a paramount authority over the should - be's . For ... command , that is , from their being compofed of perfons of great rank and diftinction , who naturally draw after ...
... command- ing fuch a majority that the are's have ever maintained a paramount authority over the should - be's . For ... command , that is , from their being compofed of perfons of great rank and diftinction , who naturally draw after ...
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... command , is a very feeble defence fatisfaction ; and , unwilling to give against an enemy whom we cannot them credit for a virtue which is forefee , and against weapons which wanting in ourselves , we fay that the we are not prepared ...
... command , is a very feeble defence fatisfaction ; and , unwilling to give against an enemy whom we cannot them credit for a virtue which is forefee , and against weapons which wanting in ourselves , we fay that the we are not prepared ...
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... commands which they had received , fell back on the centre , being mifled by perfi- dious officers . That of the centre had , however , merited the greatest praife . The Spaniards loft twelve men , and had a great many wounded ; the ...
... commands which they had received , fell back on the centre , being mifled by perfi- dious officers . That of the centre had , however , merited the greatest praife . The Spaniards loft twelve men , and had a great many wounded ; the ...
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... commands an extenfive View , on the one fide of Tuscany ; on the other , that of the Ecclefiaftical State . Written in May 1789 . WHILE on the mountain's top I stand Juft over where the waters glide , Which Roma's defolated barren land ...
... commands an extenfive View , on the one fide of Tuscany ; on the other , that of the Ecclefiaftical State . Written in May 1789 . WHILE on the mountain's top I stand Juft over where the waters glide , Which Roma's defolated barren land ...
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