The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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... occasion ; and , as I naturally bear a great deference to this part of our species , I am very glad to find that those who approve my conduct in this par- ticular , are much more numerous than those who condemn it . A large family of ...
... occasion ; and , as I naturally bear a great deference to this part of our species , I am very glad to find that those who approve my conduct in this par- ticular , are much more numerous than those who condemn it . A large family of ...
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... occasion have fre- quently reflected on the descriptions of them in ancient poets . I remember Longinus highly recommends one in Homer , because the poet has not amused himself with little fancies upon the occasion , as authors of an ...
... occasion have fre- quently reflected on the descriptions of them in ancient poets . I remember Longinus highly recommends one in Homer , because the poet has not amused himself with little fancies upon the occasion , as authors of an ...
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... occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on , and when completed . The whole examination was sum- med up with one short question , namely , " Whether he was prepared ...
... occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on , and when completed . The whole examination was sum- med up with one short question , namely , " Whether he was prepared ...
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... occasion to tell us the story of a famous siege in Germany , which I have since found related in my historical dictionary , after the following man- ner . When the emperor Conrade the Third had besieged Guelphus , duke of Bavaria , in ...
... occasion to tell us the story of a famous siege in Germany , which I have since found related in my historical dictionary , after the following man- ner . When the emperor Conrade the Third had besieged Guelphus , duke of Bavaria , in ...
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... occasion of ten such glorious productions , than if I had built a hundred pyramids at my own expense , or published as many volumes of the finest wit and learning . In what a beautiful light has the Holy Scrip- ture represented Abdon ...
... occasion of ten such glorious productions , than if I had built a hundred pyramids at my own expense , or published as many volumes of the finest wit and learning . In what a beautiful light has the Holy Scrip- ture represented Abdon ...
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