The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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... OVID . MET . You , who are so well acquainted with the story of Socrates , must have read how , upon his making a discourse concerning love , he pressed his point with so much success , that all the bachelors in his audience took a ...
... OVID . MET . You , who are so well acquainted with the story of Socrates , must have read how , upon his making a discourse concerning love , he pressed his point with so much success , that all the bachelors in his audience took a ...
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... OVID . " DEAR SPEC . , Finding that my last letter took , I do intend to con- tinue my epistolary correspondence with thee , on those dear confounded creatures , women . Thou knowest , all the little learning I am master of is upon that ...
... OVID . " DEAR SPEC . , Finding that my last letter took , I do intend to con- tinue my epistolary correspondence with thee , on those dear confounded creatures , women . Thou knowest , all the little learning I am master of is upon that ...
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... authors , whose learning very often extends no farther than Ovid's Metamorphoses , do not know how to celebrate a great man , without mixing a parcel of school - boy tales with the recital of his actions 44 ADDISON'S WORKS .
... authors , whose learning very often extends no farther than Ovid's Metamorphoses , do not know how to celebrate a great man , without mixing a parcel of school - boy tales with the recital of his actions 44 ADDISON'S WORKS .
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... OVID . WHEN I have been present in assemblies where my paper has been talked of , I have been very well pleased to hear those who would detract from the author of it observe , that the letters which are sent to the Spectator are as good ...
... OVID . WHEN I have been present in assemblies where my paper has been talked of , I have been very well pleased to hear those who would detract from the author of it observe , that the letters which are sent to the Spectator are as good ...
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... OVID . THOSE who were skilful in anatomy among the ancients , concluded , from the outward and inward make of a human body , that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful . As the world grew more enlightened in this ...
... OVID . THOSE who were skilful in anatomy among the ancients , concluded , from the outward and inward make of a human body , that it was the work of a Being transcendently wise and powerful . As the world grew more enlightened in this ...
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