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... produced neither hatred nor difgrace ! if he changed , he changed with the nation . It was , however , not totally forgotten when his reputation raised him enemies . The fame year he praised the new king in a fecond poem on his ...
... produced neither hatred nor difgrace ! if he changed , he changed with the nation . It was , however , not totally forgotten when his reputation raised him enemies . The fame year he praised the new king in a fecond poem on his ...
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... fo quick a fancy , that nothing " was propofed to him in which he could . " not fuddenly produce a thought extremely 66 pleafant and furprifing ; and those first " thoughts # 州 66 " thoughts of his , contrary to the DRY DE N. 13.
... fo quick a fancy , that nothing " was propofed to him in which he could . " not fuddenly produce a thought extremely 66 pleafant and furprifing ; and those first " thoughts # 州 66 " thoughts of his , contrary to the DRY DE N. 13.
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... produced by the conjunction of these two powerful minds was , that to Shakspeare's monster Caliban is added a fifter - monster Sycorax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted ...
... produced by the conjunction of these two powerful minds was , that to Shakspeare's monster Caliban is added a fifter - monster Sycorax ; and a woman , who , in the original play , had never seen a man , is in this brought acquainted ...
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... the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the consciousness of weaknefs , and fome morti- fication to the pride of wisdom . But let it be be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their 24 DRYDEN .
... the highest minds thus levelled with the meaneft , may produce fome folace to the consciousness of weaknefs , and fome morti- fication to the pride of wisdom . But let it be be remembered , that minds are not levelled in their 24 DRYDEN .
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... nothing of value ; and if thou " art not the dullest plant - animal that ever the " earth produced , all that I have conversed " with are ftrangely mistaken in thee . ' " In the fecond he tells him that Almanzor is not 3 In DR Y DE N. 2.9.
... nothing of value ; and if thou " art not the dullest plant - animal that ever the " earth produced , all that I have conversed " with are ftrangely mistaken in thee . ' " In the fecond he tells him that Almanzor is not 3 In DR Y DE N. 2.9.
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