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... sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in ...
... sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in ...
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Samuel Johnson. positions were sometimes interested , sometimes negligent , and sometimes capricious . It is not without reason that Trapp , speaking of the praises which he bestows on Palamon and Arcite , says , ' Novimus judicium ...
Samuel Johnson. positions were sometimes interested , sometimes negligent , and sometimes capricious . It is not without reason that Trapp , speaking of the praises which he bestows on Palamon and Arcite , says , ' Novimus judicium ...
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... sometimes em- bellished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due ...
... sometimes em- bellished , and sometimes aggravated , the originals are now partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of their due ...
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