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... satire on the Royalists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he pub- lished his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called ' The Complaint ' ; in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual ...
... satire on the Royalists . That he might shorten this tedious suspense , he pub- lished his pretensions and his discontent , in an ode called ' The Complaint ' ; in which he styles himself the melancholy Cowley . This met with the usual ...
Page 152
... Satire , had some lines like these : He who can push into a midnight fray His brave companion , and then run away , Leaving him to be murder'd in the street , Then put it off with some buffoon conceit ; Him , thus dishonour'd , for a ...
... Satire , had some lines like these : He who can push into a midnight fray His brave companion , and then run away , Leaving him to be murder'd in the street , Then put it off with some buffoon conceit ; Him , thus dishonour'd , for a ...
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... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
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