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... Italy at the age of 19. This severe loss ap- pears to have been the immediate cause of Lady Hartford's se- clusion . She died in 1754 , in perfect resignation , we are told , " to the will of God , by whom she considered her afflictions ...
... Italy at the age of 19. This severe loss ap- pears to have been the immediate cause of Lady Hartford's se- clusion . She died in 1754 , in perfect resignation , we are told , " to the will of God , by whom she considered her afflictions ...
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... Italian , prevented her from forming those distinct ideas of the characters of the various inhabitants , which subsequent writers have communicated . The manners , therefore , of the inferior classes are seldom or never noticed ; but we ...
... Italian , prevented her from forming those distinct ideas of the characters of the various inhabitants , which subsequent writers have communicated . The manners , therefore , of the inferior classes are seldom or never noticed ; but we ...
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... Italy abounds with atheists ; since a person must be as credulous as they are , to believe all the marvellous ex- ploits ascribed to Romish saints . Perhaps an atheist would be offended , to find himself taxed with credulity ; bat ...
... Italy abounds with atheists ; since a person must be as credulous as they are , to believe all the marvellous ex- ploits ascribed to Romish saints . Perhaps an atheist would be offended , to find himself taxed with credulity ; bat ...
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... Italy , and the invention of Printing , would not have sufficed for the re- vival of literature , science , and sound philosophy , if religion had not Ss 3 lent lent her aid . To the necessity of defending her French Literature . 629 1.
... Italy , and the invention of Printing , would not have sufficed for the re- vival of literature , science , and sound philosophy , if religion had not Ss 3 lent lent her aid . To the necessity of defending her French Literature . 629 1.
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... Italy was greatly indebted to Spain for her eminent success in literature . This is not a solitary instance of greater obligations subsisting between nations , than most are willing to acknowledge . At this time , the King of Spain ...
... Italy was greatly indebted to Spain for her eminent success in literature . This is not a solitary instance of greater obligations subsisting between nations , than most are willing to acknowledge . At this time , the King of Spain ...
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