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The Scotch will moderate some- thing of the rigour of their demands ; the mutual neces- sity of an accord is visible , the King is persuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) ...
The Scotch will moderate some- thing of the rigour of their demands ; the mutual neces- sity of an accord is visible , the King is persuaded of it . And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) ...
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Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in ... and the first impediment which men naturally endeavour to remove , is the want of those things without which they ...
Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in ... and the first impediment which men naturally endeavour to remove , is the want of those things without which they ...
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He has therefore in his whole volume nothing burlesque , and seldom any thing ludicrous or familiar . He seems always to do his best ; though his subjects are often unworthy of his care . It is not easy to think without some contempt on ...
He has therefore in his whole volume nothing burlesque , and seldom any thing ludicrous or familiar . He seems always to do his best ; though his subjects are often unworthy of his care . It is not easy to think without some contempt on ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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