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Tale of a tub. Battle of the books. Polite conversation - Page 250
by Jonathan Swift - 1814
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Memoirs of the Life and Negotiations of Sir W. Temple, Bar: Containing the ...

Abel Boyer - 1714 - 446 pages
...58. 4/A Editlm. Eft tern of Good, fuch Knowled? of Life, fuch Contempt cf Death, with fuch Fiercenejs of Nature and Cruelty of Revenge, could never be represented but by him that pojfefs'd them : and I efteem Lucia n to have been no more Capable of Writing t han of Afting what...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 46

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 644 pages
...passions upon such variety of actions, and passages of life and government ; such freedom of thought, such boldness of expression ; such bounty to his friends,...contempt of death, with such fierceness of nature aud cruelty of revenge, could never be represented but by him that possessed them ; and I esteem Lucian...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...such variety of actions and passages of life and government, such freedom of thought, such boldne-s of expression, such bounty to his friends, such scorn...such esteem of good, such knowledge of life, such coutempt of death, with such fierceness of nature, and cruelty of revenge, cuuld never be represented...
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The British Prose Writers: Sir W. Temple's essays

1821 - 384 pages
...passions upon such variety of actions and passages of life and government, such freedom of thought, such boldness of expression, such bounty to his friends,...scorn of his enemies, such honour of learned men, sach esteem of good, such knowledge of life, such contempt of death, with such fierceness of nature,...
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Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur, Volume 1

Frédéric Schoell - 1828 - 654 pages
...passages of life and government; such freedom of thought, such boldness of expression, such bounty to Kis friends; such scorn of his enemies; such honour of...contempt of death; with such fierceness of nature ¡end cruelty of revenge could never he represented hut hy linn that possessed tlicra." * Die verschiedenen...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 46

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 654 pages
...of life and government ; such, freedom of thought, such boldness of expression ; such bounty to Ms friends, such scorn of his enemies ; such honour of...but by him that possessed them ; and I esteem Lucian no more capable of writing, than of acting as Phalaris did. In all one writ , you find the scholar...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 46

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 650 pages
...passions upon such variety of actions, and passages of life and government ; such freedom of thought, such boldness of expression ; such bounty to his friends,...enemies ; such honour of learned men, such esteem esteem of good, such knowledge of life, such contempt of death, with such fierceness of nature and...
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Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Correspondence of Sir William ..., Volume 2

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 536 pages
...passions, upon such variety of actions and passages of life and government ; such freedom of thought, such boldness of expression ; such bounty to his friends,...by him that possessed them; and I esteem Lucian to be no more capable of writing than of acting what Phalaris did. In all one writ, you find the scholar...
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Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Correspondence of Sir William ..., Volume 2

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - 1836 - 536 pages
...passions, upon such variety of actions and passages of life and government ; such freedom of thought, such boldness of expression ; such bounty to his friends,...by him that possessed them; and I esteem Lucian to be no more capable of writing than of acting what Phalaris did. In all one writ, you find the scholar...
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The Works of Richard Bentley, D. D.

Richard Bentley - 1836 - 468 pages
...upon such variety of actions and " passages of life and government ; such freedom of thought, " such boldness of expression ; such bounty to his friends,...revenge, could never be represented but by him that pos" sessed them. And I esteem Lucian to have been no more " capable of writing than of acting what...
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