The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Том 36 |
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... Honour in Men and Women - Duelling 100. Complaints of Sickness - Characters of Harry Tersett and Varilas ...... STEELE . 101. Uncertainty of Fame - Specimen of a History of the Reign of Anne I. ADDISON . 102. Exercise of the Fan 103 ...
... Honour in Men and Women - Duelling 100. Complaints of Sickness - Characters of Harry Tersett and Varilas ...... STEELE . 101. Uncertainty of Fame - Specimen of a History of the Reign of Anne I. ADDISON . 102. Exercise of the Fan 103 ...
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... honour done to him might be restrained to those of the household of the prince to whom it should be signified . He would think a general mourning to be in a less degree the same ceremony which is practised in barbarous nations , of ...
... honour done to him might be restrained to those of the household of the prince to whom it should be signified . He would think a general mourning to be in a less degree the same ceremony which is practised in barbarous nations , of ...
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... honour which one court does to another on that occasion , loses its force and efficacy . When a foreign minister beholds the court of a nation ( which flourishes in riches and plenty ) lay aside , upon the loss of his master , all marks ...
... honour which one court does to another on that occasion , loses its force and efficacy . When a foreign minister beholds the court of a nation ( which flourishes in riches and plenty ) lay aside , upon the loss of his master , all marks ...
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... there were still extant some Thessalonian statues erected to the honour of their best dancers ; and that he wondered how his brother philosopher could declare himself against the opinions of those two D 2 N ° 67 . 27 SPECTATOR .
... there were still extant some Thessalonian statues erected to the honour of their best dancers ; and that he wondered how his brother philosopher could declare himself against the opinions of those two D 2 N ° 67 . 27 SPECTATOR .
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... honour to their country : thus Virgil's hero was the founder of Rome , Homer's a prince of Greece , christian æra , and according to others 980 , which calcula- tion places him near the age of Solomon . There is here a similar ...
... honour to their country : thus Virgil's hero was the founder of Rome , Homer's a prince of Greece , christian æra , and according to others 980 , which calcula- tion places him near the age of Solomon . There is here a similar ...
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