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... Italy , to study and copy the ancients , gradually brought on their decline in the printing business ; and they found` the city of Glasgow no fit soil to transplant the imitative arts into , although the literary genius of Greece and ...
... Italy , to study and copy the ancients , gradually brought on their decline in the printing business ; and they found` the city of Glasgow no fit soil to transplant the imitative arts into , although the literary genius of Greece and ...
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... Italy , acquired such a knowledge of virtù , that the dealers in antiquities were not able to im- pose on him . In 1709 his judgment and fancy were ex- erted in embellishing the " Tale of a Tub " with designs almost equal to the ...
... Italy , acquired such a knowledge of virtù , that the dealers in antiquities were not able to im- pose on him . In 1709 his judgment and fancy were ex- erted in embellishing the " Tale of a Tub " with designs almost equal to the ...
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... Italy , but was sud- denly recalled home , in consequence of the king's illness , and the necessity of providing for a regency . On this memorable occasion , Mr. Fox , and his great rival , Mr. Pitt , appeared to have exchanged systems ...
... Italy , but was sud- denly recalled home , in consequence of the king's illness , and the necessity of providing for a regency . On this memorable occasion , Mr. Fox , and his great rival , Mr. Pitt , appeared to have exchanged systems ...
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... Italian poet and physician , was born at Verona in 1483. Two singularities are related of him in his infancy ; one , that his lips adhered so closely to each other when he came into the world , that a surgeon was obliged to divide them ...
... Italian poet and physician , was born at Verona in 1483. Two singularities are related of him in his infancy ; one , that his lips adhered so closely to each other when he came into the world , that a surgeon was obliged to divide them ...
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... Italy , and spent several years at Rome , where he was greatly esteemed by Sessa , am- bassador of Philip II . king of Spain . He was employed in civil as well as military affairs , and acquitted himself always with great applause ; yet ...
... Italy , and spent several years at Rome , where he was greatly esteemed by Sessa , am- bassador of Philip II . king of Spain . He was employed in civil as well as military affairs , and acquitted himself always with great applause ; yet ...
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