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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 ...
Page 158
... 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 ...
Page 417
... than the exiled princes ; but that which might be expected from Milton's savage- ness , or Oldmixon's meanness , was not suitable to the delicacy of Addison . Steele thought the humour of the Freeholder too nice and 83 Р ADDISON 417.
... than the exiled princes ; but that which might be expected from Milton's savage- ness , or Oldmixon's meanness , was not suitable to the delicacy of Addison . Steele thought the humour of the Freeholder too nice and 83 Р ADDISON 417.
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