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... thought , but was never before so well expressed , ' they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
... thought , but was never before so well expressed , ' they certainly never attained , nor ever sought it ; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts , and were careless of their diction . But Pope's account of wit is ...
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... thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . ' These expressions are , I find , applied to the subscrip- tion of the Articles ; but it seems more ...
... thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . ' These expressions are , I find , applied to the subscrip- tion of the Articles ; but it seems more ...
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... thought ; and to him may be applied what Tasso said , with equal spirit and justice of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido , he cried out , ' If he had not read Aminta , he had not excelled it . ' As Waller ...
... thought ; and to him may be applied what Tasso said , with equal spirit and justice of himself and Guarini , when , having perused the Pastor Fido , he cried out , ' If he had not read Aminta , he had not excelled it . ' As Waller ...
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