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Page v
... divine influence , and softened even the manners of savages . Cadmus , king of Thebes , by the introduction of letters into Greece , and Palamedes , have both immortalized their names by the invention of letters ; although it is said ...
... divine influence , and softened even the manners of savages . Cadmus , king of Thebes , by the introduction of letters into Greece , and Palamedes , have both immortalized their names by the invention of letters ; although it is said ...
Page vi
... divine poem , in which the author so prolifically abounds with scriptural phrases and quotations , applicable to the work . Whether the object has been at- tained , those who are most conversant with polite literature , will be the best ...
... divine poem , in which the author so prolifically abounds with scriptural phrases and quotations , applicable to the work . Whether the object has been at- tained , those who are most conversant with polite literature , will be the best ...
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... divine honours . Likewise the emblem of time . Some suppose Saturn to be the same as Noah ; but the history of the early heathen na- tions is so obscured by fable , as to render con- jecture fruitless . Saturn is said to have devoured ...
... divine honours . Likewise the emblem of time . Some suppose Saturn to be the same as Noah ; but the history of the early heathen na- tions is so obscured by fable , as to render con- jecture fruitless . Saturn is said to have devoured ...
Page 59
... divine honours , the muses gave an honourable burial , and his lyre became one of the constellations in the heavens . 19 Taught by the heavenly muse . 22 ยท 27 Apollo wos worshipped under the names of Phoebus and the Sun , and ...
... divine honours , the muses gave an honourable burial , and his lyre became one of the constellations in the heavens . 19 Taught by the heavenly muse . 22 ยท 27 Apollo wos worshipped under the names of Phoebus and the Sun , and ...
Page 61
... divine persons are introduced as speakers . One may , I think , observe , that the author proceeds with a kind of fear and trembling , whilst he describes the sentiments of the Almighty . He dares not give his imagination full play ...
... divine persons are introduced as speakers . One may , I think , observe , that the author proceeds with a kind of fear and trembling , whilst he describes the sentiments of the Almighty . He dares not give his imagination full play ...
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