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... effect upon all but his mother , whom , by making her cruelty more public , they only hardened in her aversion . Mr. Hill not only promoted the subscription to the Miscellany , but furnished likewise the greatest part of the poems of ...
... effect upon all but his mother , whom , by making her cruelty more public , they only hardened in her aversion . Mr. Hill not only promoted the subscription to the Miscellany , but furnished likewise the greatest part of the poems of ...
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... effect of novelty , and might , probably , be every day less ; and therefore he took no care to improve the happy time , but was encouraged by one favour to hope for another , till at length generosity was exhausted , and officiousness ...
... effect of novelty , and might , probably , be every day less ; and therefore he took no care to improve the happy time , but was encouraged by one favour to hope for another , till at length generosity was exhausted , and officiousness ...
Page 311
... effect is local and temporary ; they appeal not to reason or passion , but to memory , and presuppose an accidental or artificial state of mind . An imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , however acute , by whom Spenser has never ...
... effect is local and temporary ; they appeal not to reason or passion , but to memory , and presuppose an accidental or artificial state of mind . An imitation of Spenser is nothing to a reader , however acute , by whom Spenser has never ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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