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... honour that solemnity with his presence , for the 6th , 7th , and 8th of that month . The next morning a little before 10 o'clock , the King was pleased to receive the compliments of the Clergy . The Bishop , in the name of himself ...
... honour that solemnity with his presence , for the 6th , 7th , and 8th of that month . The next morning a little before 10 o'clock , the King was pleased to receive the compliments of the Clergy . The Bishop , in the name of himself ...
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... honour to address the Queen in a few words , to which a gracious reply was made ; and they had all the honour to kiss the King's and Queen's hand . Soon after 10 , the Corporation , by their Recorder , the Earl of Coventry , addressed ...
... honour to address the Queen in a few words , to which a gracious reply was made ; and they had all the honour to kiss the King's and Queen's hand . Soon after 10 , the Corporation , by their Recorder , the Earl of Coventry , addressed ...
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... honoured with his con- fidence and there never was the least mis- understanding between them ; or so much as a ... honour to receive from the King the present of two fine full - length pictures of his Majesty and the Queen , copied ...
... honoured with his con- fidence and there never was the least mis- understanding between them ; or so much as a ... honour to receive from the King the present of two fine full - length pictures of his Majesty and the Queen , copied ...
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... honoured friend , the Earl 1793 of Mansfield , died March 20 , 1793 . March 20 My old and much esteemed friend , Dr. Balguy , Prebendary and Archdeacon of 1795 Winchester , died January 19 , 1795 . The Life of Bishop Warburton , which ...
... honoured friend , the Earl 1793 of Mansfield , died March 20 , 1793 . March 20 My old and much esteemed friend , Dr. Balguy , Prebendary and Archdeacon of 1795 Winchester , died January 19 , 1795 . The Life of Bishop Warburton , which ...
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... honour to be intrusted with a part of your education , and it was my duty to contribute all I could to the success of it . But the task was easy and pleasant . I had only to cul- tivate that good sense , and those generous virtues ...
... honour to be intrusted with a part of your education , and it was my duty to contribute all I could to the success of it . But the task was easy and pleasant . I had only to cul- tivate that good sense , and those generous virtues ...
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Page 56 - Natura fieret laudabile carmen an arte Quaesitum est : ego nee Studium sine divite vena Nee rude quid possit video ingenium ; alterius sic 410 Altera poscit opem res et conjurat amice.
Page 76 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.
Page 31 - Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter 15 assuitur pannus, cum lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros, aut flumen Rhenum aut pluvius describitur arcus. sed nunc non erat his locus. et fortasse cupressum scis simulare.
Page 33 - Sumite materiam vestris , qui scribitis , aequam Viribus, et versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant humeri. Cui lecta potenter erit res , «> Nee facundia deseret hunc, nee lucidus ordo.
Page 51 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Page 34 - Dixeris egregie notum si callida verbum Reddiderit junctura novum. Si forte necesse est Indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum, Fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis 50 Continget, dabiturque licentia sumpta pudenter ; Et nova fictaque nuper habebunt verba fidem si Qraeco fonte cadent, parce detorta.
Page 41 - Trojanum orditur ab ovo ; Semper ad eventum festinat, et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et, quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse, relinquit, 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.
Page 35 - Ut silvae foliis pronos mutantur in annos, Prima cadunt ; ita verborum vetus interit aetas, Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque.
Page 295 - Dicitur Afrani toga convenisse Menandro ; Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi ; Vincere Caecilius gravitate, Terentius arte. Hos ediscit, et hos arto stipata theatro Spectat Roma potens ; habet hos numeratque poetas Ad nostrum tempus, Livi scriptoris ab aevo.
Page 46 - Carmine qui tragico vilem certavit ob hircum, 220 Mox etiam agrestes Satyros nudavit et asper Incolumi gravitate jocum tentavit eo, quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator functusque sacris et potus et exlex.