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... Pope's Works ; Hales of Eton , & c . & c . & c . 66 66 It is a melancholy reflection that the taste of these worthy men for the fine arts at last brought about their ruin ; for having engaged in the establishment of an aca- demy for the ...
... Pope's Works ; Hales of Eton , & c . & c . & c . 66 66 It is a melancholy reflection that the taste of these worthy men for the fine arts at last brought about their ruin ; for having engaged in the establishment of an aca- demy for the ...
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... and 1 Nichols's Bowyer . - Bowles's edit . of Pope , vol . V. p . 302. - Swift's Works ; see Index , 2 D'Argenville , -Pilkington , and Strutt . Jj 1 accordingly he devoted his talents to anatomy , botany , 6 FOUNTAIN E.
... and 1 Nichols's Bowyer . - Bowles's edit . of Pope , vol . V. p . 302. - Swift's Works ; see Index , 2 D'Argenville , -Pilkington , and Strutt . Jj 1 accordingly he devoted his talents to anatomy , botany , 6 FOUNTAIN E.
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... popes , and particularly by Innocent III . who first took that method of restraining heresy . He observes that he does not write thus out of an indulgence to error , but , as he is a man , out of regard to the lives of men , that they ...
... popes , and particularly by Innocent III . who first took that method of restraining heresy . He observes that he does not write thus out of an indulgence to error , but , as he is a man , out of regard to the lives of men , that they ...
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... pope Clement's decree of Vienne , proved at no great distance of time , a powerful instrument in effecting the reformation . Those who would deprive Clement of the liberality of his edict , state his chief mo- tive to have been a ...
... pope Clement's decree of Vienne , proved at no great distance of time , a powerful instrument in effecting the reformation . Those who would deprive Clement of the liberality of his edict , state his chief mo- tive to have been a ...
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... pope Paul III.'s making use of his authority to remove the council of Trent to Bologna , under the pretext of a con- tagious distemper , which , as Fracastorio deposed , made it no longer safe for him to continue at Trent . He was in ...
... pope Paul III.'s making use of his authority to remove the council of Trent to Bologna , under the pretext of a con- tagious distemper , which , as Fracastorio deposed , made it no longer safe for him to continue at Trent . He was in ...
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