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... expected from so great a man . ' What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
... expected from so great a man . ' What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his ...
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... expected . His sister , first married to Mr. Philips , afterwards married Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded him in the Crown - office . She had by her first husband Edward and John , the two nephews whom Milton ...
... expected . His sister , first married to Mr. Philips , afterwards married Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded him in the Crown - office . She had by her first husband Edward and John , the two nephews whom Milton ...
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... expected from it , may be doubted . The Italian academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and ...
... expected from it , may be doubted . The Italian academy seems to have obtained its end . The language was refined , and so fixed that it has changed but little . The French academy thought that they refined their language , and ...
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