A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Present Time ...C. Law, 1803 - 455 страница |
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... beauty and magnitude of the Bri- tifh pearls , which he greatly admired . His oftenfible reafon , however , was the affiftance which fome of the British nations had given to his enemies in Gaul . * In order to get fome intelligence of ...
... beauty and magnitude of the Bri- tifh pearls , which he greatly admired . His oftenfible reafon , however , was the affiftance which fome of the British nations had given to his enemies in Gaul . * In order to get fome intelligence of ...
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... beauty are always fhort and delicate ; ex- preffive of the modefty and innocence of the minds of the ladies , as well as of the charms of their perfons . " Half hid in her shady grove , Rofcrana raised the fong . Her white hand rofe on ...
... beauty are always fhort and delicate ; ex- preffive of the modefty and innocence of the minds of the ladies , as well as of the charms of their perfons . " Half hid in her shady grove , Rofcrana raised the fong . Her white hand rofe on ...
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... beauty , to Venus , in her temple at Rome , which he fignified by an infcription , to be compofed of British pearls . It feems probable that the pearls of Britain were inferior to thofe of India and Arabia in general , though fome of ...
... beauty , to Venus , in her temple at Rome , which he fignified by an infcription , to be compofed of British pearls . It feems probable that the pearls of Britain were inferior to thofe of India and Arabia in general , though fome of ...
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... beauty , was drawn from the life by the hand of a master . " Was he white as the fnow of Ardven ? Blooming as the bow of the fhower ? Was his hair like the mift of the hill , foft and curling in the day of the fun ? Was he like the ...
... beauty , was drawn from the life by the hand of a master . " Was he white as the fnow of Ardven ? Blooming as the bow of the fhower ? Was his hair like the mift of the hill , foft and curling in the day of the fun ? Was he like the ...
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... beauty of their hair . It is faid to have been the last and most earnest request of a young warrior , who was taken prifoner and condemned to be behead- ed , that no flave might be permitted to touch his hair , and that it might not be ...
... beauty of their hair . It is faid to have been the last and most earnest request of a young warrior , who was taken prifoner and condemned to be behead- ed , that no flave might be permitted to touch his hair , and that it might not be ...
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Страница 379 - It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friends lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the "Golden Age," and are now the friendships only of children.
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