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Page 16
... natural " caft of the father - their folly was born " and bred in them , and fomething of the Elkanah will be vifible . " This is Dryden's general declamation ; I will not withhold from the reader a particu- lar remark . Having gone ...
... natural " caft of the father - their folly was born " and bred in them , and fomething of the Elkanah will be vifible . " This is Dryden's general declamation ; I will not withhold from the reader a particu- lar remark . Having gone ...
Page 19
... nature's gröffer burden we're discharg❜d , Then gently , as a happy lover's figh , Like wand'ring meteors through the air we'll fly , And in our airy walk , as fubtle guests , We'll steal into our cruel father's breasts , There read ...
... nature's gröffer burden we're discharg❜d , Then gently , as a happy lover's figh , Like wand'ring meteors through the air we'll fly , And in our airy walk , as fubtle guests , We'll steal into our cruel father's breasts , There read ...
Page 66
... natural to hope that a comprehenfive is likewise an elevated foul , and that who- ever is wife is also honeft . I am willing to believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it ...
... natural to hope that a comprehenfive is likewise an elevated foul , and that who- ever is wife is also honeft . I am willing to believe that Dryden , having employed his mind , active as it was , upon different studies , and filled it ...
Page 69
... nature enough to prompt me " to with a very bad with for him , it should " be , that he would go on and finish his " tranflation . By that it will appear , whe- " ther the English nation , which is the most " competent judge in this ...
... nature enough to prompt me " to with a very bad with for him , it should " be , that he would go on and finish his " tranflation . By that it will appear , whe- " ther the English nation , which is the most " competent judge in this ...
Page 89
... nature which " abhorred intrufion into any fociety what- " ever . He was therefore lefs known , and confequently his ... natural turn of the converfation in which " he was engaged , it was neceffarily pro- " moted or required . He was ...
... nature which " abhorred intrufion into any fociety what- " ever . He was therefore lefs known , and confequently his ... natural turn of the converfation in which " he was engaged , it was neceffarily pro- " moted or required . He was ...
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