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... fame measure , and thus every Atrophe , antiftrophe , or flanza , con- tained the fame number of feet . To know what conftituted the diffe- rent kinds of rythmical feet among the antients , with refpect to the number and quantity of ...
... fame measure , and thus every Atrophe , antiftrophe , or flanza , con- tained the fame number of feet . To know what conftituted the diffe- rent kinds of rythmical feet among the antients , with refpect to the number and quantity of ...
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... fame measure , compofed of the fame times , fhould have a good effect upon the ear , in one language , and a bad effect in another . The truth is , we have been accustomed from our infancy , to the numbers of English poetry , and the ...
... fame measure , compofed of the fame times , fhould have a good effect upon the ear , in one language , and a bad effect in another . The truth is , we have been accustomed from our infancy , to the numbers of English poetry , and the ...
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... fame arts were used by the English partifans ; but not with the fame induftry , dexte- rity , and fuccefs . He , at the fame time , formed a plan for the conqueft of Bofton , which , in all probability , might have been eafily effected ...
... fame arts were used by the English partifans ; but not with the fame induftry , dexte- rity , and fuccefs . He , at the fame time , formed a plan for the conqueft of Bofton , which , in all probability , might have been eafily effected ...
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... fame severities which had been ex- ercifed on thofe of Onondaga , and Onneyouth , and that a fort should be built in each , in order to prevent them from being re - fettled by the Indians . The Chevalier de Callieres offered to remain ...
... fame severities which had been ex- ercifed on thofe of Onondaga , and Onneyouth , and that a fort should be built in each , in order to prevent them from being re - fettled by the Indians . The Chevalier de Callieres offered to remain ...
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... fame proportion under - values his own good offices to them . Anaxilaus , king of Rhegium , whofe juftice was equal ( fays Juftin ) to the cruelty of the tyrants in those days , reaped no fmall advantage from his moderation ; for at his ...
... fame proportion under - values his own good offices to them . Anaxilaus , king of Rhegium , whofe juftice was equal ( fays Juftin ) to the cruelty of the tyrants in those days , reaped no fmall advantage from his moderation ; for at his ...
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