The Present State of the Republick of Letters. ...William and John Innys, at the West End of St. Paul's., 1728 |
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... to read over all the Greek and Ro- man writers with a great deal of attention , fo that nothing relating to his Subject might escape his notice and afterwards to range , compare , reject 2 his 2 Art . I. The Prefent State of.
... to read over all the Greek and Ro- man writers with a great deal of attention , fo that nothing relating to his Subject might escape his notice and afterwards to range , compare , reject 2 his 2 Art . I. The Prefent State of.
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... Greeks and Romans , whofe Deities they pretend to find among thofe of Gaul . The Moderns , fays he , have all followed ... Greek and Roman writers only : He confulted all the ancient Monuments of Gaul ; he ftudied the Hiftories of those ...
... Greeks and Romans , whofe Deities they pretend to find among thofe of Gaul . The Moderns , fays he , have all followed ... Greek and Roman writers only : He confulted all the ancient Monuments of Gaul ; he ftudied the Hiftories of those ...
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... Greeks , Ro- mans , Jews , Perfians , Syrians , Egyptians , the ancient Germans , Britons , Celtiberi , and Cifal- pine Gauls , and generally of all the People of the North . As to the Gods that were peculiar to the Gauls , the Author ...
... Greeks , Ro- mans , Jews , Perfians , Syrians , Egyptians , the ancient Germans , Britons , Celtiberi , and Cifal- pine Gauls , and generally of all the People of the North . As to the Gods that were peculiar to the Gauls , the Author ...
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... Greeks and Romans . The bottom of it , as well as of their other cloaths , was fometimes indented quite round . To thefe ornaments they added collars and brace- lets , which were commonly of gold . The Author finishes this general ...
... Greeks and Romans . The bottom of it , as well as of their other cloaths , was fometimes indented quite round . To thefe ornaments they added collars and brace- lets , which were commonly of gold . The Author finishes this general ...
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... Greek ; and it appears * De Bel . Gal . lib . 6 . In Vit . Agr . c . 2 . Solis nofce Deos , & cœli numina vobis , Aut folis nefcire datum . Lucan , evident evidently by a curious Infcription found at Rome on the 12 Art . I. The Prefent ...
... Greek ; and it appears * De Bel . Gal . lib . 6 . In Vit . Agr . c . 2 . Solis nofce Deos , & cœli numina vobis , Aut folis nefcire datum . Lucan , evident evidently by a curious Infcription found at Rome on the 12 Art . I. The Prefent ...
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