The Rambler. ...J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752 |
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... for endeavouring the clandeftine appropriation of a thought which he borrowed , furely without thinking himself difgraced , from an epigram of Plato . Tx Τῇ Παφίη τὸ κάτοπτρον · ἔπει τοίη μὲν ὁρᾶσθαι Οὐκ 66 The RAMBLER . N ° 143 ..
... for endeavouring the clandeftine appropriation of a thought which he borrowed , furely without thinking himself difgraced , from an epigram of Plato . Tx Τῇ Παφίη τὸ κάτοπτρον · ἔπει τοίη μὲν ὁρᾶσθαι Οὐκ 66 The RAMBLER . N ° 143 ..
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... furely it is not very difficult to aggravate trifling misfortunes , to magnify familiar incidents , repeat adulatory profeffions , accumulate fervile . hyperboles , and produce all that can be found- in the defpicable remains of Voiture ...
... furely it is not very difficult to aggravate trifling misfortunes , to magnify familiar incidents , repeat adulatory profeffions , accumulate fervile . hyperboles , and produce all that can be found- in the defpicable remains of Voiture ...
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... with care , which hopes to be valued as a diamond ; and words ought furely to be laboured when they are intended to ftand for things . NUMB . in history it is not contefted whether truth ought to No. 152. The RAMBLER . N152 . 140.
... with care , which hopes to be valued as a diamond ; and words ought furely to be laboured when they are intended to ftand for things . NUMB . in history it is not contefted whether truth ought to No. 152. The RAMBLER . N152 . 140.
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