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... learned Taliacotius from 66 The brawny part of Porter's bum , " Cut supplemental Noses , which " Would last as long as parent breech . " * Dr. Ferriar's Illustrations , p . 113 to 124 , give very copious details and extracts on this ...
... learned Taliacotius from 66 The brawny part of Porter's bum , " Cut supplemental Noses , which " Would last as long as parent breech . " * Dr. Ferriar's Illustrations , p . 113 to 124 , give very copious details and extracts on this ...
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... learned traveller . His translation of the Metamorphoses of Ovid must have been very popular , for I have the seventh edition now before me , 12mo . dated Lond . 1678 , the first edition of which appeared in folio , about the year 1632 ...
... learned traveller . His translation of the Metamorphoses of Ovid must have been very popular , for I have the seventh edition now before me , 12mo . dated Lond . 1678 , the first edition of which appeared in folio , about the year 1632 ...
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... learned composition that is to be found in any language . The advantage which the royal cause received from this poem , in exposing the fana- It 2 ticism and false pretensions of the former parliamentary party 48 JOURNEY ROUND A.
... learned composition that is to be found in any language . The advantage which the royal cause received from this poem , in exposing the fana- It 2 ticism and false pretensions of the former parliamentary party 48 JOURNEY ROUND A.
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... learned and industrious Mr. Gambold , and the Latin volumes were accurately revised by Mr. Bowyer . Its nominal value is from nine to thirteen guineas ; the intrinsic value may be more justly ascertained from Bishop Watson , who has ...
... learned and industrious Mr. Gambold , and the Latin volumes were accurately revised by Mr. Bowyer . Its nominal value is from nine to thirteen guineas ; the intrinsic value may be more justly ascertained from Bishop Watson , who has ...
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... learned world , is to be ranked in the first class of modern philosophers . He unquestionably belonged to that superior order of men , who , by enlarging the boundaries of human knowledge , have been benefactors to mankind ; and he may ...
... learned world , is to be ranked in the first class of modern philosophers . He unquestionably belonged to that superior order of men , who , by enlarging the boundaries of human knowledge , have been benefactors to mankind ; and he may ...
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Page 82 - Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants belong to thee; All that summer hours produce, Fertile made with early juice. Man for thee does sow and plough; Farmer he, and landlord thou!
Page 92 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 65 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Page 33 - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
Page 29 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Page 71 - The Man in the Moon, or a Discourse of a Voyage thither, by Domingo Gonsales, l638,"Svo.
Page 70 - They are full of spirit and poetry; as much of the first as Dr. Donne, and far more of the latter: they were written at the university when he was about twenty-three years old, and in queen Elizabeth's time.