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... and then never had resolution to tell his passion . ... and heats his mind to an elaborate purgation of his character from crimes which he was never within the possibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly ...
... and then never had resolution to tell his passion . ... and heats his mind to an elaborate purgation of his character from crimes which he was never within the possibility of committing , differs only by the infrequency of his folly ...
Page 128
Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved : we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , t but little to approve . Still , however , it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature ...
Attention has no relief ; the affections are never moved : we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , t but little to approve . Still , however , it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature ...
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But mine is fixt so far above thy crown , That all thy men , Piled on thy back , can never pull it down . ' Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is fixt , I cannot guess ; but wherever it is , I believe Almanzor , and think that all ...
But mine is fixt so far above thy crown , That all thy men , Piled on thy back , can never pull it down . ' Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is fixt , I cannot guess ; but wherever it is , I believe Almanzor , and think that all ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Robert Montagu |
| Publisher | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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