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... poet ; the history of the battle of Agin- court ; Charles Vth's refiguation to his fon Philip ; the death of Calmet ; the death of King George II . and the death of Hogarth ; with the particulars of each person and event ; and fo under ...
... poet ; the history of the battle of Agin- court ; Charles Vth's refiguation to his fon Philip ; the death of Calmet ; the death of King George II . and the death of Hogarth ; with the particulars of each person and event ; and fo under ...
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... poets , mythologifts , and hiftorians , concerning the various conftellations , are introduced , and , fometimes , a brief sketch of the natural history of the feveral animals which they reprefent ; together with fome very pleafing ...
... poets , mythologifts , and hiftorians , concerning the various conftellations , are introduced , and , fometimes , a brief sketch of the natural history of the feveral animals which they reprefent ; together with fome very pleafing ...
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... poets maintain that the Greeks made themselves mafters of it by artifice . They are faid to have made a wooden horfe capable of containing a con- fiderable number of armed men ; this they filled with the choiceft of their army , and ...
... poets maintain that the Greeks made themselves mafters of it by artifice . They are faid to have made a wooden horfe capable of containing a con- fiderable number of armed men ; this they filled with the choiceft of their army , and ...
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... poets in three diftant ages born , Greece , Italy , and England did adorn . The first in majefty of thought furpafs'd , The next in gracefulness : in both the last . The force of nature could no further go , To make a third fhe join'd ...
... poets in three diftant ages born , Greece , Italy , and England did adorn . The first in majefty of thought furpafs'd , The next in gracefulness : in both the last . The force of nature could no further go , To make a third fhe join'd ...
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... poet , as the feeling of a noble mind : Vincet amor patriæ , laudumque immenfa cupido . -The fair hopes of fame the patriot move To fink the private in the public love . PITT . It not only excites to virtuous exertions during life , but ...
... poet , as the feeling of a noble mind : Vincet amor patriæ , laudumque immenfa cupido . -The fair hopes of fame the patriot move To fink the private in the public love . PITT . It not only excites to virtuous exertions during life , but ...
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