The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Том 4H.D. Symonds, 1798 |
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... use of vifi- ble figns to reprefent nature , are defirous that each of their productions fhould be contemplated by the multitude , that if any thing faulty be difcerned in them , it may be corrected by the obfervation of many . moft ...
... use of vifi- ble figns to reprefent nature , are defirous that each of their productions fhould be contemplated by the multitude , that if any thing faulty be difcerned in them , it may be corrected by the obfervation of many . moft ...
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... use of thofe means , which ma- lice and envy are never at a lofs for , to depreciate their value in the eyes of the people . When he fhall have ceafed to exift , his writings will be fought after with the utmoft avidity , and his name ...
... use of thofe means , which ma- lice and envy are never at a lofs for , to depreciate their value in the eyes of the people . When he fhall have ceafed to exift , his writings will be fought after with the utmoft avidity , and his name ...
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... use both our faculties and our fenfes without be- ing profoundly acquainted with the nature or extent of them . This meafure is wifely ordered , fince men were defigned more for action in this prefent life than for contemplation . It is ...
... use both our faculties and our fenfes without be- ing profoundly acquainted with the nature or extent of them . This meafure is wifely ordered , fince men were defigned more for action in this prefent life than for contemplation . It is ...
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... use their hats for their corn mea- fures , the weavers are often hurt by these practices . In- deed it is a thing well known , that John's bye - laws at firft were fimple and wife : but they are now both more numerous and more obfcure ...
... use their hats for their corn mea- fures , the weavers are often hurt by these practices . In- deed it is a thing well known , that John's bye - laws at firft were fimple and wife : but they are now both more numerous and more obfcure ...
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... use- ful whilft I foftered a devouring flame . Remorie has not reached me because I firmly adhered to my princi- ples , and I have alfo difcovered that I faw through a false medium . Worthy as the mortal was I adored , I fhould not long ...
... use- ful whilft I foftered a devouring flame . Remorie has not reached me because I firmly adhered to my princi- ples , and I have alfo difcovered that I faw through a false medium . Worthy as the mortal was I adored , I fhould not long ...
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admiration againſt alfo almoft beauty becauſe beft breaft caufe character circumftance confequence confiderable converfation defire difplayed diftinguished enemy Evan Nepean fafely faid fame fatisfaction fcarcely fcenes fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fervant fervice feven feveral fhade fhall fhips fhould figh fince firft fituation flain fleet fmile fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffered fuperior fuppofed fure fweet genius happineſs heart hiftory himſelf honour human inftances inftruction intereft itſelf John Horne Tooke juft laft lefs loft Lord meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never o'er obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed prefent purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft rifing ſcene ſhall ſhe Sir G ſtate tafte thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe THOMAS CHATTERTON thoſe thou thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whilft whofe whoſe youth
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