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... less melancholy , was less affecting because it was no longer new ; it therefore procured him no new friends , and those that had formerly relieved him thought they might now consign him to others . He was now likewise considered by ...
... less melancholy , was less affecting because it was no longer new ; it therefore procured him no new friends , and those that had formerly relieved him thought they might now consign him to others . He was now likewise considered by ...
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... less easily to admit new confidence , and the will to grow less flexible , and when , therefore , the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt . In the next year [ 7th June , 1733 ] he lost his mother , not by an unexpected death ...
... less easily to admit new confidence , and the will to grow less flexible , and when , therefore , the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt . In the next year [ 7th June , 1733 ] he lost his mother , not by an unexpected death ...
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... less lucky , as when , in his Night Thoughts , having it dropped into his mind , that the orbs , floating in space , might be called the cluster of creation , he thinks on a cluster of grapes , and says that they all hang on the great ...
... less lucky , as when , in his Night Thoughts , having it dropped into his mind , that the orbs , floating in space , might be called the cluster of creation , he thinks on a cluster of grapes , and says that they all hang on the great ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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