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... answer some things , as Dr. Friend and Dr. Mead do , in their way , the rest . I would have sent you the whole controversy , was I not sure that you know , those only are most capable of objecting against his writings , that least ...
... answer some things , as Dr. Friend and Dr. Mead do , in their way , the rest . I would have sent you the whole controversy , was I not sure that you know , those only are most capable of objecting against his writings , that least ...
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... , the end of my sending them is the better answered ; and you know that you may do as you please . I am , Sir , Your most obedient Servant , WILLIAM JONES . In the plan adopted by Mrs. Jones for the instruction 12 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... , the end of my sending them is the better answered ; and you know that you may do as you please . I am , Sir , Your most obedient Servant , WILLIAM JONES . In the plan adopted by Mrs. Jones for the instruction 12 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... answered , after your death I shall be able to determine . Besides , though a man should pursue a constant and determinate course of vir- tue , though he were to keep regular symmetry and uni . formity in his actions , and preserve the ...
... answered , after your death I shall be able to determine . Besides , though a man should pursue a constant and determinate course of vir- tue , though he were to keep regular symmetry and uni . formity in his actions , and preserve the ...
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... answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an elaborate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture which novelty inspires , and in terms degrading to the Muses of Greece and Rome . SIR , C. Reviczki to W ...
... answer of Reviczki , we may conclude that it contained an elaborate panegyric on Eastern poetry , expressed with all the rapture which novelty inspires , and in terms degrading to the Muses of Greece and Rome . SIR , C. Reviczki to W ...
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... answer ; for even " the most enthusiastic of his commentators allow that some of them are " to be taken literally , and his editors ought to have distinguished them . " Hafez never pretended to more than human virtues , and it is known ...
... answer ; for even " the most enthusiastic of his commentators allow that some of them are " to be taken literally , and his editors ought to have distinguished them . " Hafez never pretended to more than human virtues , and it is known ...
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