Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumen91Pub. for J. Hinton., 1792 |
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... tion . But it may then be afked , if Dancing be nothing more than copy- ing the native beauties of motion , why is not nature left to itfelf ? The reafon is , that art has borrowed vari- ous graces from various forms ; and in this , as ...
... tion . But it may then be afked , if Dancing be nothing more than copy- ing the native beauties of motion , why is not nature left to itfelf ? The reafon is , that art has borrowed vari- ous graces from various forms ; and in this , as ...
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... tion had the Sicilians for this poet , and such a taste for the beauties of his compofitions . I cannot venture , however , to pro- mise the English reader , that he will experience , in the perufal of the tranf- lation of this author ...
... tion had the Sicilians for this poet , and such a taste for the beauties of his compofitions . I cannot venture , however , to pro- mise the English reader , that he will experience , in the perufal of the tranf- lation of this author ...
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... tion of all human greatness , and with an awful fente of our own mortality . ' With refpect to the Romans , who were always rather an imitative , than an ingenious people , little need be faid of their theatre more than may be found in ...
... tion of all human greatness , and with an awful fente of our own mortality . ' With refpect to the Romans , who were always rather an imitative , than an ingenious people , little need be faid of their theatre more than may be found in ...
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... tion . This family confifted of an el- derly infirm French officer , who had long been afflicted with the pally , and his daughter , a young woman about nineteen years of age . Their appear- ance and mode of living feemed to in- dicate ...
... tion . This family confifted of an el- derly infirm French officer , who had long been afflicted with the pally , and his daughter , a young woman about nineteen years of age . Their appear- ance and mode of living feemed to in- dicate ...
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... tion to go every day , and learn the ftate of his health . He alfo began to feel that these vifits became every day more neceffary to his own happinefs . That happiness was indeed embittered by many painful reflections . He well knew ...
... tion to go every day , and learn the ftate of his health . He alfo began to feel that these vifits became every day more neceffary to his own happinefs . That happiness was indeed embittered by many painful reflections . He well knew ...
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