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Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough ofinformation , that
, whatever he may talk of his own inflammability , and the variety of characters by
which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never ...
Of Cowley , we are told by Barnes , * who had means enough ofinformation , that
, whatever he may talk of his own inflammability , and the variety of characters by
which his heart was divided , he in reality was in love but once , and then never ...
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And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil
has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the
present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ...
And to tell you the truth ( which I take to be an argument above all the rest ) , Virgil
has told the same thing to that purpose . " This expression from a secretary of the
present time would be considered as merely ludicrous , or at most as an ...
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It is not said that he told them any secrets , or assisted them by intelligence or any
other act . If he only promised to be quiet , that they in whose hands he was ,
might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The
man ...
It is not said that he told them any secrets , or assisted them by intelligence or any
other act . If he only promised to be quiet , that they in whose hands he was ,
might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The
man ...
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Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis ,
“ That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he
received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might have
been ...
Mr. Dryden , who went with Mr. Sprat to the first exhibition , related to Mr. Dennis ,
“ That , when they told Cowley how little favour had been shewn him , he
received the news of his ill - success , not with so much firmness as might have
been ...
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Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke
your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois that you
would . This is what they call monstri simile . I do hope to recover my late hurt so ...
Another misfortune has been , and stranger than all the rest , that you have broke
your word with me , and failed to come , even though you told Mr. Bois that you
would . This is what they call monstri simile . I do hope to recover my late hurt so ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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