Works of the Author of the Pursuits of Literature: Consisting Of: I. Pursuits of Literature ... II. A Translation of the Passages ... Quoted in the Prefaces ... to the Pursuits of Literature. III. The Imperial Epistle from Kien Long, Emperor of China to Geo. III ... IV. The Shade of Alex. Pope, Esq. on the Banks of the Thames ...J. Milliken, 1799 |
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... honour , focial rank , and happiness , by an attempt to turn the thoughts and hearts of the inhabitants of this ifland from works of obfcenity and indecency , from the morals and man- ners of atheists and democratick spoilers , to the ...
... honour , focial rank , and happiness , by an attempt to turn the thoughts and hearts of the inhabitants of this ifland from works of obfcenity and indecency , from the morals and man- ners of atheists and democratick spoilers , to the ...
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... of a gentleman and a man of genius , who feels that he is conferring honour , not receiving it . The majefty of the French monarch , in that cultivated age , C was was furely as worthy of homage as the deity of ( 33 )
... of a gentleman and a man of genius , who feels that he is conferring honour , not receiving it . The majefty of the French monarch , in that cultivated age , C was was furely as worthy of homage as the deity of ( 33 )
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... honoured , and with thefe pretenfions , he left them all for that excellence , for which the maturity of his talents and judgment fo eminently defigned him . Familiar with the great ; intimate with the polite ; graced by the attentions ...
... honoured , and with thefe pretenfions , he left them all for that excellence , for which the maturity of his talents and judgment fo eminently defigned him . Familiar with the great ; intimate with the polite ; graced by the attentions ...
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... honour , or any tem- poral concern ; much lefs by notions taken up without attention arguments admitted without examination , or prejudices imbibed in early youth , from the profane ridicule , or impious jeftings of fenfual and immoral ...
... honour , or any tem- poral concern ; much lefs by notions taken up without attention arguments admitted without examination , or prejudices imbibed in early youth , from the profane ridicule , or impious jeftings of fenfual and immoral ...
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... honour ; it has my best wishes , and therefore I have written this note . ( 1794- ) All learned Societies muft now look to their original principles , and confider well the characters of the candidates who are offered for their choice ...
... honour ; it has my best wishes , and therefore I have written this note . ( 1794- ) All learned Societies muft now look to their original principles , and confider well the characters of the candidates who are offered for their choice ...
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