Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 96
... opinion wanders about the world , and some- times finds reception among wise men ; an opinion that restrains the operations of the mind to particular regions , and supposes that a luckless mortal may be born in a degree of latitude too ...
... opinion wanders about the world , and some- times finds reception among wise men ; an opinion that restrains the operations of the mind to particular regions , and supposes that a luckless mortal may be born in a degree of latitude too ...
Page 101
... opinion ; and the opportunities now given of attracting notice by advertisements were then very few ; the means of proclaiming the publication of new books have been produced by that general litera- ture which now pervades the nation ...
... opinion ; and the opportunities now given of attracting notice by advertisements were then very few ; the means of proclaiming the publication of new books have been produced by that general litera- ture which now pervades the nation ...
Page 178
... opinion of Clarendon , that in Waller's plan no violence or sanguinary resistance was comprised ; that he intended only to abate the confidence of the rebels by publick declarations , and to weaken their powers by an opposition to new ...
... opinion of Clarendon , that in Waller's plan no violence or sanguinary resistance was comprised ; that he intended only to abate the confidence of the rebels by publick declarations , and to weaken their powers by an opposition to new ...
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