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... whole earth besides ; and this whole globe of earth , which we account so immense a body , is but one point or atom in relation to those numberless worlds that are scattered up and down in the infinite space of the sky which we behold ...
... whole earth besides ; and this whole globe of earth , which we account so immense a body , is but one point or atom in relation to those numberless worlds that are scattered up and down in the infinite space of the sky which we behold ...
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... whole village meet together with their best faces , and in their cleanliest habits , to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects , hear their duties explained to them , and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being ...
... whole village meet together with their best faces , and in their cleanliest habits , to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects , hear their duties explained to them , and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being ...
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... whole life - when on the evening of the 12th of April , just as I was about quitting my desk to go home ( it might be about eight o'clock ) , I received an awful summons to attend the presence of the whole assembled firm in the ...
... whole life - when on the evening of the 12th of April , just as I was about quitting my desk to go home ( it might be about eight o'clock ) , I received an awful summons to attend the presence of the whole assembled firm in the ...
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Abraham Newland admirable beautiful better called character Chioggia church colour Dante delight dinner drama Elena Elizabethan Era English face fancy feel fellow French Gaiety Theatre genius gentlemen Gerado give Goldsmith gondola grace Grand Canal hand head hear heart Hernani honour humour imagination Irenĉus kind lady laugh learned live look Malamocco Malebranche matter Messer mind Molière morning murder nature never Nicolas Poussin night observed Oliver Goldsmith once painted passed passion perhaps person picture play pleasure poem poet poetry poor round Sarah Bernhardt seems sense Shakespeare Sicarii Sir Roger sleep sort soul speak spirit style sweet talk taste tell theatre things thought Tintoretto tion Toad-in-the-hole told town true truth turn Venice verse Victor Hugo walk whist whole wonder words write young
References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |