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... human and public affairs as is not easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of fourteen in Windsor Forest . Next year he was desirous of opening to himself new sources of knowledge by making himself acquainted with modern ...
... human and public affairs as is not easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of fourteen in Windsor Forest . Next year he was desirous of opening to himself new sources of knowledge by making himself acquainted with modern ...
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... human life were copied from the instinctive operations of other animals -that if the world be made for man , it may be said that man was made for geese . To these profound principles of natural knowledge are added some moral ...
... human life were copied from the instinctive operations of other animals -that if the world be made for man , it may be said that man was made for geese . To these profound principles of natural knowledge are added some moral ...
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... human practices and manners , and therefore keeps possession of the stage : the first design seems suggested by Othello ; but the reflections , the incidents , and the diction are original . The moral observations are so introduced ...
... human practices and manners , and therefore keeps possession of the stage : the first design seems suggested by Othello ; but the reflections , the incidents , and the diction are original . The moral observations are so introduced ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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