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He told Mr . Boswell , what he read folidly at Oxford was Greek , not the Grecian
historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little epigram ; that the
study of which he was most fond was metaphysics ; but he had not read much ...
He told Mr . Boswell , what he read folidly at Oxford was Greek , not the Grecian
historians , but Homer and Euripides , and now and then a little epigram ; that the
study of which he was most fond was metaphysics ; but he had not read much ...
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... who was afterwards married to Captain Brodie of the Navy , he used to speak
with the warmest admiration . “ Molly ” ( said he ) “ was a beauty and a scholar , a
wit and a whig , and the talked all in praise of liberty ; and so I made this epigram
...
... who was afterwards married to Captain Brodie of the Navy , he used to speak
with the warmest admiration . “ Molly ” ( said he ) “ was a beauty and a scholar , a
wit and a whig , and the talked all in praise of liberty ; and so I made this epigram
...
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I made this epigram upon her . She was the loveliest creature I ever saw ! . o
Liber ut effe velim , fuafifti , pulchra Maria , Ut maneam liber ; pulchra Maria , vale
. ” Of this epigram , Mrs . Piozzi , and Mr . Joddrel , and Mr . Boswell , among
others ...
I made this epigram upon her . She was the loveliest creature I ever saw ! . o
Liber ut effe velim , fuafifti , pulchra Maria , Ut maneam liber ; pulchra Maria , vale
. ” Of this epigram , Mrs . Piozzi , and Mr . Joddrel , and Mr . Boswell , among
others ...
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In 1739 , beside the assistance he gave to the Debates in the Senate of Lilliput ,
his writings in the “ Gentleman ' s Magazine , " were , The Life of Boerhaave , An
Appeal to the Public in behalf of the Editor , Verses to Eliza , a Greek Epigram to ...
In 1739 , beside the assistance he gave to the Debates in the Senate of Lilliput ,
his writings in the “ Gentleman ' s Magazine , " were , The Life of Boerhaave , An
Appeal to the Public in behalf of the Editor , Verses to Eliza , a Greek Epigram to ...
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plimented him on its coming out first , in the following “ Epigram , ” alluding to the
ill - fuccess of the forty members of the French Academy employed in settling their
language . Talk of war with a Briton , he ' ll boldly advance That one English ...
plimented him on its coming out first , in the following “ Epigram , ” alluding to the
ill - fuccess of the forty members of the French Academy employed in settling their
language . Talk of war with a Briton , he ' ll boldly advance That one English ...
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