A Bill to Enable John Dickins, of Leaton in the County of Stafford, Esq; to Charge the Mannor of Preene ... with Four Thousand Pounds ...1772 - 4 pages |
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... Horace , Book II . Sat. vi . 170 ACParaphrafe upon Horace , Book I. Ep . x . 41 174 The Country Life , Lib . IV , Planta- 1570 16 rum . 178 V. The Garden To J. Evelyn , Efg . Verfes to Mr. Evelyn , 181 110 $ 85 196 VI Of Greatnefs I di ...
... Horace , Book II . Sat. vi . 170 ACParaphrafe upon Horace , Book I. Ep . x . 41 174 The Country Life , Lib . IV , Planta- 1570 16 rum . 178 V. The Garden To J. Evelyn , Efg . Verfes to Mr. Evelyn , 181 110 $ 85 196 VI Of Greatnefs I di ...
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... Horace , speaking to one of thef magnificos ) is a great deal more easy and commodious than thine , in that I can go into the market , and cheapen what I please , [ m ] Job xxxviii . 11 . [ n ] Hor . 2 Sat. vi . 59 . without without ...
... Horace , speaking to one of thef magnificos ) is a great deal more easy and commodious than thine , in that I can go into the market , and cheapen what I please , [ m ] Job xxxviii . 11 . [ n ] Hor . 2 Sat. vi . 59 . without without ...
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... that of an unforced gaiety ; which breaks out , every where , in many delicate fallies of wit and humour , but is most confpicuous in his imitations of Horace . 4 The The wings of thofe Neceffity has clipt , And they're OF MR . A. COWLEY .
... that of an unforced gaiety ; which breaks out , every where , in many delicate fallies of wit and humour , but is most confpicuous in his imitations of Horace . 4 The The wings of thofe Neceffity has clipt , And they're OF MR . A. COWLEY .
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... Horace calls de- ceiving the world ; and in another place ufes the fame phrafe [ k ] , - 66 Secretum iter & fallentis femita vitæ . " The fecret tracks of the deceiving life . It is very elegant in Latin , but our English word will ...
... Horace calls de- ceiving the world ; and in another place ufes the fame phrafe [ k ] , - 66 Secretum iter & fallentis femita vitæ . " The fecret tracks of the deceiving life . It is very elegant in Latin , but our English word will ...
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... Horace calls him , this " muta perfona , " I take to have been more happy in his part , than the greatest . actors that fill the ftage with show and noife , nay , even than Auguftus himself , who afked , with his laft breath , whether ...
... Horace calls him , this " muta perfona , " I take to have been more happy in his part , than the greatest . actors that fill the ftage with show and noife , nay , even than Auguftus himself , who afked , with his laft breath , whether ...
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