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... mind , of which the prejudices and partialities are known , and must therefore please , if not by favouring them , by forbearing to oppose them . To charge those favourable representations which men give of their own minds with the ...
... mind , of which the prejudices and partialities are known , and must therefore please , if not by favouring them , by forbearing to oppose them . To charge those favourable representations which men give of their own minds with the ...
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... mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified by ...
... mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition . Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid ; Pope is always smooth , uniform , and gentle . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diversified by ...
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... mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagination ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can be allured to dwell ? Delany is willing to think that ...
... mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagination ; but what has disease , deformity , and filth , upon which the thoughts can be allured to dwell ? Delany is willing to think that ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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