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... virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not produce excellence . Prior is never low , nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of Euripides , that he forces ...
... virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not produce excellence . Prior is never low , nor very often sublime . It is said by Longinus of Euripides , that he forces ...
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... that is quoted . The general character of his " Miscellanies " is that they show little wit and little virtue . Yet to him it must be confessed that we are indebted for the correction of a national error , and CONGREVE . 41.
... that is quoted . The general character of his " Miscellanies " is that they show little wit and little virtue . Yet to him it must be confessed that we are indebted for the correction of a national error , and CONGREVE . 41.
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... virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him that his first public work was an heroic poem . He was not known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) " Prince Arthur , " in ten books , written , as he relates , " by such catches ...
... virtue . I believe it is peculiar to him that his first public work was an heroic poem . He was not known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) " Prince Arthur , " in ten books , written , as he relates , " by such catches ...
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... virtue restrains from deceiving others , are often disposed by their vanity to deceive themselves . Whether he promoted the Succession or not , he at least approved it , and adhered invariably to his principles and party through his ...
... virtue restrains from deceiving others , are often disposed by their vanity to deceive themselves . Whether he promoted the Succession or not , he at least approved it , and adhered invariably to his principles and party through his ...
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... virtue . £ f coon como dand Here is again discovered the inhabitant of Cheapside , whose head cannot keep his poetry unmingled with trade . To hinder that intellectual bankruptcy which he affects to fear he will erect a " Bank for Wit ...
... virtue . £ f coon como dand Here is again discovered the inhabitant of Cheapside , whose head cannot keep his poetry unmingled with trade . To hinder that intellectual bankruptcy which he affects to fear he will erect a " Bank for Wit ...
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