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... told . Dryden had been more accustomed to hostilities than that such enemies should break his quiet ; and , if we can suppose him vexed , it would be hard to deny him sense enough to conceal his uneasiness . " The City Mouse and Country ...
... told . Dryden had been more accustomed to hostilities than that such enemies should break his quiet ; and , if we can suppose him vexed , it would be hard to deny him sense enough to conceal his uneasiness . " The City Mouse and Country ...
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... told them that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which , an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accusation against either . " Could anything be more absurd ...
... told them that either the Earl of Oxford or the Duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which , an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accusation against either . " Could anything be more absurd ...
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... told . He was , however , in Pope's opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra ...
... told . He was , however , in Pope's opinion , fit only to make verses , and less qualified for business than Addison him- self . This was surely said without consideration . Addison , exalted to a high place , was forced into degra ...
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... told by Louis in his despair of Brute and Troynovante , and the teeth of Cadmus , with his similes of the raven and eagle and wolf and lion . By the help of such easy fictions and vulgar topics , without acquaintance with life , and ...
... told by Louis in his despair of Brute and Troynovante , and the teeth of Cadmus , with his similes of the raven and eagle and wolf and lion . By the help of such easy fictions and vulgar topics , without acquaintance with life , and ...
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... told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much re- garded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . ' He that shall peruse it will be able to mark many ...
... told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much re- garded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . ' He that shall peruse it will be able to mark many ...
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