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Richard Hurd. gularly attentive to the manners , in every sense of the word , of his scholars . He had a warm sense of virtue and religion , and enforced both with a natural and tak- ing eloquence . How happy , to have had such a man ...
Richard Hurd. gularly attentive to the manners , in every sense of the word , of his scholars . He had a warm sense of virtue and religion , and enforced both with a natural and tak- ing eloquence . How happy , to have had such a man ...
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... manner . The King also left £ .300 in my hands towards releasing the Debtors in the County and City Jails . During the three days at Worcester , thẹ concourse of people of all ranks was im- A. D. mense , and the joy universal . The XX ...
... manner . The King also left £ .300 in my hands towards releasing the Debtors in the County and City Jails . During the three days at Worcester , thẹ concourse of people of all ranks was im- A. D. mense , and the joy universal . The XX ...
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... manner in which the education of the Princes should be conducted . In October 1790 , I had the honour to receive from the King the present of two fine full - length pictures of his Majesty and the Queen , copied from those at the ...
... manner in which the education of the Princes should be conducted . In October 1790 , I had the honour to receive from the King the present of two fine full - length pictures of his Majesty and the Queen , copied from those at the ...
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... manner that would give you a right to think meanly of its author . Your extreme delicacy allows me to say nothing of my obligations , which otherwise would demand my warmest acknowledgments . For your constant 1 favour has followed me ...
... manner that would give you a right to think meanly of its author . Your extreme delicacy allows me to say nothing of my obligations , which otherwise would demand my warmest acknowledgments . For your constant 1 favour has followed me ...
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... For being , as Diomedes observes , archæœ comœdiæ charactere compositum , " professedly writ- " ten after the manner of the old comedy , " it was of course to admit the familiarity of the comic muse ; INTRODUCTION . 19.
... For being , as Diomedes observes , archæœ comœdiæ charactere compositum , " professedly writ- " ten after the manner of the old comedy , " it was of course to admit the familiarity of the comic muse ; INTRODUCTION . 19.
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Page 18 - Horace still charms with graceful negligence, And without method talks us into sense; Will, like a friend, familiarly convey The truest notions in the easiest way. He, who supreme in judgment, as in wit, Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ, Yet judg'd with coolness, tho' he sung with fire; His precepts teach but what his works inspire.
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