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... conversation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable and excellent . Such was the character given him by the Earl of Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of ...
... conversation the account is uniform : he was never named but with praise and fondness , as a man in the highest degree amiable and excellent . Such was the character given him by the Earl of Orrery , his pupil ; such is the testimony of ...
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... conversation which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedication to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetration , the humanity and generosity , the candour and politeness of the man whom , when ...
... conversation which was so often to be observed . He forgot how lavishly he had , in his Dedication to The Wanderer , extolled the delicacy and penetration , the humanity and generosity , the candour and politeness of the man whom , when ...
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... conversation with the same steadiness of attention as others apply to a lecture ; and , amidst the appearance of thoughtless gaiety , lost no new idea that was started , nor any hint that could be improved . He had therefore made in ...
... conversation with the same steadiness of attention as others apply to a lecture ; and , amidst the appearance of thoughtless gaiety , lost no new idea that was started , nor any hint that could be improved . He had therefore made in ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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