Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and Modern MusicE. Bliss & E. White, 1824 - 351 pages |
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... measure , which he has received , of universal admira- tion ; -he trembles to add , that he thinks his philosophi- cal works defective in order and precision , and that they contain a superfluity of words . His Letters are beyond praise ...
... measure , which he has received , of universal admira- tion ; -he trembles to add , that he thinks his philosophi- cal works defective in order and precision , and that they contain a superfluity of words . His Letters are beyond praise ...
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... measure , upon foreigners : they will be more sensible of the clear nervous style of Madame de Maintenon , and the unpretending wis- dom and good sense of her observations , addressed , in general , to per- sons in the most exalted ...
... measure , upon foreigners : they will be more sensible of the clear nervous style of Madame de Maintenon , and the unpretending wis- dom and good sense of her observations , addressed , in general , to per- sons in the most exalted ...
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... measure , and in an age nearer to Homer's time by 1,800 years , yet he found , even then , the state of the world so much altered , and " the demand for elegance * so much increased , that 46 66 mere nature would be endured no longer ...
... measure , and in an age nearer to Homer's time by 1,800 years , yet he found , even then , the state of the world so much altered , and " the demand for elegance * so much increased , that 46 66 mere nature would be endured no longer ...
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... measure , that forty - two years elapsed before the customs of any one place were verified . Until the reign of Lewis the twelfth , the measure lingered ; it was then resumed , and about the year 1609 , the redaction of the customs was ...
... measure , that forty - two years elapsed before the customs of any one place were verified . Until the reign of Lewis the twelfth , the measure lingered ; it was then resumed , and about the year 1609 , the redaction of the customs was ...
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... measure been the cause of these majorities ? Had there been no coalition , no India bill , no assertion of the prince's right to the regency , nothing , in short , in the politics of Mr. Fox , which had prejudiced , -justly or unjustly ...
... measure been the cause of these majorities ? Had there been no coalition , no India bill , no assertion of the prince's right to the regency , nothing , in short , in the politics of Mr. Fox , which had prejudiced , -justly or unjustly ...
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