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A Journey Into Cornwall, Through the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, Dorset ... - Page 174
by George Lipscomb - 1799 - 364 pages
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The arts of logick and rhetorick [adapted by J. Oldmixon from La manière de ...

John Oldmixon - 1728 - 484 pages
...tranflated into French, and has nothing equal to it, for the Sublime in 2)emofthenes or Cicero ; " Where are now the great " Empires of the World, and...Trophies and Monuments of Glory! *' Shew me where they flood, read the Infcription, tell *' me the Victor's Name •" What an Jnfiih is this on the Vanity...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

1729 - 342 pages
...Form and ' Face of tilings, plain, iimple, and every where the * fame, overfpreads the whole Earth. Where- are now * the great Empires of the World, and their great Im* perial Cities ? Their Pillars, Trophies, aud Monu* ments of Glory 5 Shew me where they flood, read...
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A System of Oratory, Delivered in a Course of Lectures Publicly ..., Volume 2

John Ward - 1759 - 458 pages
...another form and face of things, plain, jimple, and every where the fame, overfpreads the whole earth. Where are now the great empires of the world, and...trophies, and monuments of glory ? Shew me where they jlood, read the infer iption, tell me the victor-s name. What remains, what imprejjions, what difference...
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Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in Their Origin ...

Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pages
...form aju} face of things, plain, " simple, and every where the fame, pver» ** Breads the whoje earth. Where are now the «' great empires of the world,...trophies, and ** monuments of glory ? Shew me where they !" ftood, read the infcription, tell me the vjc» «* tor's name. What remains, what impres*' sions,...
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The British Magazine and General Review of the Literature ..., Volume 1

1772 - 456 pages
...and every where the fame, o" veripreads the whole earth. Where " are now the great empires of the л world, and their great imperial " cities ? Their pillars, trophies and •' monuments of glory ? Shcrv'tr.e " where they ftood, read tlie infcrip" tion, tell me the Viftor's name ? rt What remains,...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...another Form and Face of Things, plain, iimple, and everywhere the fame, overipreads the whole Earth. Where are now the great Empires of the World, and...Trophies, and Monuments of Glory ? Shew me where they food, read, the Infcription, tell me the Victors Name. What Remains, what Impreffions, what Difference,...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 4

1786 - 694 pages
...another form and face of things, plain, funple, anil everywhere the fame, overfpreads the whole earth. Where are now the great empires of the world, and...trophies, and monuments of glory ? Shew me where they ftood, read theinfcription, tell me theviflor's name. What remains, what impreffions, what difference,...
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The Religion of the Ancient Greeks

Leclerc de Sept-Chênes - 1788 - 362 pages
...form and " face of things, plain, fimple, and every where " the fame, overfpreads the whole earth. Where " are now the great empires of the world, and...trophies, and monuments of glory ? Shew " me where they ftood ; read the infcription ; " tell me the victor's name. What remains, " what impreffions, what...
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The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the ..., Volume 3

1794 - 450 pages
...another form and face of things, plain, simple, and every where the same, overspreads the whole earth. Where are now the great empires of the world, and...stood, read the inscription, tell me the victor's name. What remains, what impressions, what difference, or distinction, do you see in this mass of fire ?...
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A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With ..., Volume 2

Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 480 pages
...face of things O overspreads the whole ! " Where are now," will some future philosopher say, — " where are now the great empires of the world, and their great imperial cities, their pillars, their trophies, and their monuments of glory ? Shew me where they stood ; read the inscription ; tell...
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