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Page 140
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is accused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when he ...
... easily engaged , and easily disgusted ; but he is accused of retaining his hatred more tenaciously than his benevolence . He was compassionate both by nature and principle , and always ready to perform offices of humanity ; but when he ...
Page 181
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his letters , complaining of the treatment which his poem had found , owns that such critics can in- timidate him , nay , almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
... easily excused . Pope , in one of his letters , complaining of the treatment which his poem had found , owns that such critics can in- timidate him , nay , almost persuade him to write no more , which is a compliment this age deserves ...
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... easily avoid , a lover of contradiction , and no friend to anything established . He adopted Shaftesbury's foolish assertion of the efficacy of ridicule for the discovery of truth . For this he was attacked by Warburton , and defended ...
... easily avoid , a lover of contradiction , and no friend to anything established . He adopted Shaftesbury's foolish assertion of the efficacy of ridicule for the discovery of truth . For this he was attacked by Warburton , and defended ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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