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From this time they seemed consigned into the hands of criticism, scarcely a day
passed in which they were not arraigned as detested writers. The tritics, these
enemies of Dryden and Pope, were their enemies. So Jacob and Johnson,
instead ...
From this time they seemed consigned into the hands of criticism, scarcely a day
passed in which they were not arraigned as detested writers. The tritics, these
enemies of Dryden and Pope, were their enemies. So Jacob and Johnson,
instead ...
Seite 190
Contrary to this, “ the English monarchs,” says a writer of the last century, “disdain
to accept of such “ titles, which tend only to increase thcit pride: “ without
improving their glory; they are above de“ pending on the sechle helps of heraldry
for ...
Contrary to this, “ the English monarchs,” says a writer of the last century, “disdain
to accept of such “ titles, which tend only to increase thcit pride: “ without
improving their glory; they are above de“ pending on the sechle helps of heraldry
for ...
Seite 197
At present, however, as a specimen of this way of writing, I send you a few hasty
remarks, collected in a late journey I made to Kentish Town, and this in the
onanner of modern voyagers. * Having heard much of Kentish Town, I conceived
...
At present, however, as a specimen of this way of writing, I send you a few hasty
remarks, collected in a late journey I made to Kentish Town, and this in the
onanner of modern voyagers. * Having heard much of Kentish Town, I conceived
...
Seite 209
No systematical writer has been more happy than he in reducing Natural History
into a form, at once the shortest yet most comprehensive. The subsequent
attempts of Mr. Klein and Linnaeus. it is true, have had their admirers, but as all ...
No systematical writer has been more happy than he in reducing Natural History
into a form, at once the shortest yet most comprehensive. The subsequent
attempts of Mr. Klein and Linnaeus. it is true, have had their admirers, but as all ...
Seite 210
... be in a great measure owing to the seeming insignific cancy of the animals
themselves; even though they were always looked upon as of great use in
medicine, and upon that account only have been taken notice of by many
medical writers.
... be in a great measure owing to the seeming insignific cancy of the animals
themselves; even though they were always looked upon as of great use in
medicine, and upon that account only have been taken notice of by many
medical writers.
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