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Page 103
... imaginations with the same dexterity , languish under afflictions which might be easily removed . It were doubtless to be ... imagination with those ideal opiates , of having tried the same experiment upon his conscience ; and , having ...
... imaginations with the same dexterity , languish under afflictions which might be easily removed . It were doubtless to be ... imagination with those ideal opiates , of having tried the same experiment upon his conscience ; and , having ...
Page 121
... imaginations ; and seldom appeared to be melan- choly but when some sudden misfortune had just fallen upon him , and even ... imagination ; and , as Sir Robert Walpole had before given him reason to believe that he never intended the ...
... imaginations ; and seldom appeared to be melan- choly but when some sudden misfortune had just fallen upon him , and even ... imagination ; and , as Sir Robert Walpole had before given him reason to believe that he never intended the ...
Page 371
... Imagination- His Quarrel with Warburton - Writes a Poem against Pulteney - Pub- lishes a Volume of Odes - Mr . Dyson's Friendship for him - His small Practice as a Physician - Death , and Burial in St. James's Church , Piccadilly ...
... Imagination- His Quarrel with Warburton - Writes a Poem against Pulteney - Pub- lishes a Volume of Odes - Mr . Dyson's Friendship for him - His small Practice as a Physician - Death , and Burial in St. James's Church , Piccadilly ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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