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Page xiii
... means Thyrfis who lives at the foot of mount Etna : and in Virgil [ Georg . III , 2. ] Paftor ab Am- phryfo , is the ... mean Ceres the Virgin who dwells in Proferpina , or , formerly refided there.- Wonderful Grecian ! IV . Another ...
... means Thyrfis who lives at the foot of mount Etna : and in Virgil [ Georg . III , 2. ] Paftor ab Am- phryfo , is the ... mean Ceres the Virgin who dwells in Proferpina , or , formerly refided there.- Wonderful Grecian ! IV . Another ...
Page xxxii
... mean broken speeches : " Flav . They answer in a joint and corporate voice , " That now they are at fall , want treasure , cannot " Do what they would ; are forry - you are bo- " nourable- " But yet they could have wifht - they kno wnot ...
... mean broken speeches : " Flav . They answer in a joint and corporate voice , " That now they are at fall , want treasure , cannot " Do what they would ; are forry - you are bo- " nourable- " But yet they could have wifht - they kno wnot ...
Page xxxvii
... means ftoned to death . " Sets up his reft , & c . " The Serjeant or Bailiff carried with him a mace , as an enfign of his authority ; this mace be ludicrously compares to a Morifco pike , when fet in its Reft , to run at tilt . The ...
... means ftoned to death . " Sets up his reft , & c . " The Serjeant or Bailiff carried with him a mace , as an enfign of his authority ; this mace be ludicrously compares to a Morifco pike , when fet in its Reft , to run at tilt . The ...
Page l
... phrafeology , who , by the " fun's reflexion , means only the Sun's light . " But while he is intent on making his author Speak correctly , he flips himself . The rainbow 66 2 66 is << " is no more a reflexion of the Sun 1 PREFACE .
... phrafeology , who , by the " fun's reflexion , means only the Sun's light . " But while he is intent on making his author Speak correctly , he flips himself . The rainbow 66 2 66 is << " is no more a reflexion of the Sun 1 PREFACE .
Page lii
... means , meta- phorically , this stage of the world : Threaten this bloody ftage , threaten this world , where thefe bloody Scenes are transacting . Was it from this better knowledge of our poet , that Mr. W. bas laid forgetfulness and ...
... means , meta- phorically , this stage of the world : Threaten this bloody ftage , threaten this world , where thefe bloody Scenes are transacting . Was it from this better knowledge of our poet , that Mr. W. bas laid forgetfulness and ...
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