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Page 47
... less could be performed by the writer , less likewise * Sapiens .. The wise man will be governed by the stars . † possunt ... , They can because they think they can . would content the judges of his work . Among this MILTON 47.
... less could be performed by the writer , less likewise * Sapiens .. The wise man will be governed by the stars . † possunt ... , They can because they think they can . would content the judges of his work . Among this MILTON 47.
Page 169
... less cogent , by men less famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly de- mands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little ...
... less cogent , by men less famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly de- mands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little ...
Page 317
... less easily to admit new confidence , and the will to grow less flexible , and when therefore the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt . In the next year he lost his mother , not by an unexpected death , for she had lasted to ...
... less easily to admit new confidence , and the will to grow less flexible , and when therefore the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt . In the next year he lost his mother , not by an unexpected death , for she had lasted to ...
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Milton | 15 |
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