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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... hope nor fear fhall " influence me to fupprefs . I will not fit un- " concerned when ( PUBLICK ) LIBERTY is threat- " ened or invaded , nor look in filence upon 66 ( intended ) PUBLICK ROBBERY . I will exert my endeavours , at whatever ...
... hope nor fear fhall " influence me to fupprefs . I will not fit un- " concerned when ( PUBLICK ) LIBERTY is threat- " ened or invaded , nor look in filence upon 66 ( intended ) PUBLICK ROBBERY . I will exert my endeavours , at whatever ...
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... hope of perpetuity . Our ancestors , in 1688 , once adopted the words of the aged Patriarch , " We have bleffed it , yea , and it fhall be " blessed . ” In this one refponfe , I trust we fhall all be orthodox ; and with one heart and ...
... hope of perpetuity . Our ancestors , in 1688 , once adopted the words of the aged Patriarch , " We have bleffed it , yea , and it fhall be " blessed . ” In this one refponfe , I trust we fhall all be orthodox ; and with one heart and ...
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... hope for the fafe conduct of the Sibyl . She might produce the branch to the ferryman of France and Tartarus . I would with her to exhibit this Poem , as the " Donum fatalis virge , longo poft tempore " vifum . " My book is open to all ...
... hope for the fafe conduct of the Sibyl . She might produce the branch to the ferryman of France and Tartarus . I would with her to exhibit this Poem , as the " Donum fatalis virge , longo poft tempore " vifum . " My book is open to all ...
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... hope , that wherever Mr. Pitt , or any minifter , proceeds , he will al- ways find a board of control ; nor would I by any means difapprove the advice of an honeft Mandarin . But the ftairs of the palace have now but one flight ; the ...
... hope , that wherever Mr. Pitt , or any minifter , proceeds , he will al- ways find a board of control ; nor would I by any means difapprove the advice of an honeft Mandarin . But the ftairs of the palace have now but one flight ; the ...
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... hope . The day fhone full upon him , and the beams were from on high . His draught of men and their paffions is eternal . His language was like himself , deep and full of matter its ftrength and harmony may be beft expreffed by his ...
... hope . The day fhone full upon him , and the beams were from on high . His draught of men and their paffions is eternal . His language was like himself , deep and full of matter its ftrength and harmony may be beft expreffed by his ...
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