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Page 8
... brought by a due remoteness into that just position which gives a clear and distinct view of things ; a remoteness which disperses the illu- sions of vision , ' scatters the mists of vanity , reduces objects to their natural size ...
... brought by a due remoteness into that just position which gives a clear and distinct view of things ; a remoteness which disperses the illu- sions of vision , ' scatters the mists of vanity , reduces objects to their natural size ...
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... Brought conquests , and brought cherries home . And Mood. Blame your own work , not fate ; nor rail If bliss so ill secur'd should fail . ' Tis bringing Punch to live at home . ' Tis after fancied good to roam , As the soft powers of oil ...
... Brought conquests , and brought cherries home . And Mood. Blame your own work , not fate ; nor rail If bliss so ill secur'd should fail . ' Tis bringing Punch to live at home . ' Tis after fancied good to roam , As the soft powers of oil ...
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Hannah More. Brought conquests , and brought cherries home . And Mood and Figure banish'd ease ; * Seneca says , that in his time the Romans were ar- rived at such a pitch of luxury , that the mullet was rec - ciety so weary of wit and ...
Hannah More. Brought conquests , and brought cherries home . And Mood and Figure banish'd ease ; * Seneca says , that in his time the Romans were ar- rived at such a pitch of luxury , that the mullet was rec - ciety so weary of wit and ...
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... brought heresy into the church , unhappily introduced printing among the arts , by which means the Scriptures were unluckily disseminated among the vulgar . † How bishop Bonner came to have read Swift's Tale of a Tub it may now be in ...
... brought heresy into the church , unhappily introduced printing among the arts , by which means the Scriptures were unluckily disseminated among the vulgar . † How bishop Bonner came to have read Swift's Tale of a Tub it may now be in ...
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... brought my darlings here . I watch'd my little household cares , And formed their growing youth ; And fondly train'd their infant years To piety and truth . ' ' Thy blooming Birtha here I see , ' Sir Eldred straight rejoin'd ; ' But why ...
... brought my darlings here . I watch'd my little household cares , And formed their growing youth ; And fondly train'd their infant years To piety and truth . ' ' Thy blooming Birtha here I see , ' Sir Eldred straight rejoin'd ; ' But why ...
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