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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... language . And now , when Englishmen are to be warned against the introduction of the horrid fyftem , no appeal is to be made to the com- mon feelings and paffions of our nature , ( this , it seems , is declamation ; ) no fcenes of ...
... language . And now , when Englishmen are to be warned against the introduction of the horrid fyftem , no appeal is to be made to the com- mon feelings and paffions of our nature , ( this , it seems , is declamation ; ) no fcenes of ...
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... language , I mean Pope's Two Dialogues , or as they are strangely called , the Epilogue to the Satires . 66 66 I am reprefented as having threatened any perfon who makes enquiry after me . my name . It was not my intention to do 10. I ...
... language , I mean Pope's Two Dialogues , or as they are strangely called , the Epilogue to the Satires . 66 66 I am reprefented as having threatened any perfon who makes enquiry after me . my name . It was not my intention to do 10. I ...
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... language worthy of themselves : Altius his nihil eft : hæc funt faftigia mundi ! PUBLICA NATURÆ DOMUS his contenta tenetur Finibus . ( q ) When we have read fuch writers , it is hardly poffible not to turn from modern fcepticks and ...
... language worthy of themselves : Altius his nihil eft : hæc funt faftigia mundi ! PUBLICA NATURÆ DOMUS his contenta tenetur Finibus . ( q ) When we have read fuch writers , it is hardly poffible not to turn from modern fcepticks and ...
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... language and arguments are defigned only to fhew , that the fpirit of the fyftem of Popery yet remains unaltered in its great and leading principles If it perifbes , it will perish altogether . I love toleration in the conftituional ...
... language and arguments are defigned only to fhew , that the fpirit of the fyftem of Popery yet remains unaltered in its great and leading principles If it perifbes , it will perish altogether . I love toleration in the conftituional ...
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... languages . There is an appearance of oftentation in it , to which I must submit . I certainly am of opinion with Ca- faubon , that it cannot be supposed , " facere aliquid ad veram pietatem " the Proteftant faith , so must she now be ...
... languages . There is an appearance of oftentation in it , to which I must submit . I certainly am of opinion with Ca- faubon , that it cannot be supposed , " facere aliquid ad veram pietatem " the Proteftant faith , so must she now be ...
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