Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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... illustrated by the sea that breaks , with incessant battery , the dykes of Holland . This is a simile . But when Addison , having celebrated the beauty of Marlborough's person , tells us that " Achilles thus was formed of every grace ...
... illustrated by the sea that breaks , with incessant battery , the dykes of Holland . This is a simile . But when Addison , having celebrated the beauty of Marlborough's person , tells us that " Achilles thus was formed of every grace ...
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