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... translated to a park in Hertfordshire ; and the famous clock of St. Dunstan's , audible of yore from his Gough Square garret , now strikes the half hours and quarters , without its group of admirers , in the garden of a suburban villa ...
... translated to a park in Hertfordshire ; and the famous clock of St. Dunstan's , audible of yore from his Gough Square garret , now strikes the half hours and quarters , without its group of admirers , in the garden of a suburban villa ...
Page vii
... translation of the History of the Council of Trent of Sarpi , Macaulay's " favourite modern historian , " which proposals , according to the Weekly Miscellany for 21st October , 1738 , were to be had of ( among others ) " the Translator ...
... translation of the History of the Council of Trent of Sarpi , Macaulay's " favourite modern historian , " which proposals , according to the Weekly Miscellany for 21st October , 1738 , were to be had of ( among others ) " the Translator ...
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... translation of Martial on record . At this date Strahan's house and house of business was only a short distance from Bolt Court , being in New Street , to which he had moved from Printing House Square in Blackfriars . Strahan must ...
... translation of Martial on record . At this date Strahan's house and house of business was only a short distance from Bolt Court , being in New Street , to which he had moved from Printing House Square in Blackfriars . Strahan must ...
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... quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon 1 Plutarch's Life of Alexander . -Langhorne's Translation . affords a striking lecture on the value of time , INTRODUCTORY ...
... quick , and again slow , as an indication of a mind revolving with violent commotion . Thus the story of Melancthon 1 Plutarch's Life of Alexander . -Langhorne's Translation . affords a striking lecture on the value of time , INTRODUCTORY ...
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... Translation of VIRGIL . Pastoral I. MELIBUS . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and careless laid , Play on your pipe beneath this beechen shade ; While wretched we about the world must roam , And leave our pleasing fields and native home ...
... Translation of VIRGIL . Pastoral I. MELIBUS . Now , Tityrus , you , supine and careless laid , Play on your pipe beneath this beechen shade ; While wretched we about the world must roam , And leave our pleasing fields and native home ...
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