Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 1J. Murray, 1828 |
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... considered as a blessing . In giving these extracts I shall annex , with the view of accommodating those who may not be per- fectly at home as to the language of the Roman , the translation of Mr. Melmoth . It is one of great elegance ...
... considered as a blessing . In giving these extracts I shall annex , with the view of accommodating those who may not be per- fectly at home as to the language of the Roman , the translation of Mr. Melmoth . It is one of great elegance ...
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... considered as entitled to our warmest gratitude . With what energy and elo- quence the evanescency of human life has been dwelt upon by Pliny , as a motive towards quickening the industry of the literary student , the subsequent passage ...
... considered as entitled to our warmest gratitude . With what energy and elo- quence the evanescency of human life has been dwelt upon by Pliny , as a motive towards quickening the industry of the literary student , the subsequent passage ...
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... considered as next in fame to you , But next , with many a length between * ! And though there were , at that time , many cele- brated geniuses in Rome , yet you of all others ap- peared to me , not only most worthy to be my model , but ...
... considered as next in fame to you , But next , with many a length between * ! And though there were , at that time , many cele- brated geniuses in Rome , yet you of all others ap- peared to me , not only most worthy to be my model , but ...
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... considered , and that the legacies bequeathed to us are generally the same both in number and value . Since therefore we are thus united by a similitude of studies , manners , reputation , and even testamentary donations , those last ...
... considered , and that the legacies bequeathed to us are generally the same both in number and value . Since therefore we are thus united by a similitude of studies , manners , reputation , and even testamentary donations , those last ...
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... considered a taste for literature as the best pre- parative for content , and the surest mode of recon- ciling a man to a parsimonious distribution of the favours of fortune . In a letter to the emperor Trajan * , whilst soliciting a ...
... considered a taste for literature as the best pre- parative for content , and the surest mode of recon- ciling a man to a parsimonious distribution of the favours of fortune . In a letter to the emperor Trajan * , whilst soliciting a ...
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