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... equal those of any similar period of the most polite antiquity . As , therefore , the writers of those times are almost entirely forgotten , we may infer that the number of publications alone will never secure any age whatsoever from ...
... equal those of any similar period of the most polite antiquity . As , therefore , the writers of those times are almost entirely forgotten , we may infer that the number of publications alone will never secure any age whatsoever from ...
Pagina 102
... equal con- viction ; and , still pursuing speculation beyond the bounds of reason , too frequently becomes ridicu- lously earnest in trifles of absurdity . It will perhaps be incurring this imputation to deduce an universal degeneracy ...
... equal con- viction ; and , still pursuing speculation beyond the bounds of reason , too frequently becomes ridicu- lously earnest in trifles of absurdity . It will perhaps be incurring this imputation to deduce an universal degeneracy ...
Pagina 232
... equal there scarce is : His farces are physic , his physic a farce is . " Hill's character formed part of the famous conversation of Dr. Johnson with King George III . Hill was the author of Mrs. Glasse's Cookery Book . with papers of ...
... equal there scarce is : His farces are physic , his physic a farce is . " Hill's character formed part of the famous conversation of Dr. Johnson with King George III . Hill was the author of Mrs. Glasse's Cookery Book . with papers of ...
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CHAPTER | 3 |
III | 21 |
Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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