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Page 129
... resentment of this treatment , which , in his own opinion at least , he had not deserved , was such that he broke ... resented - at least the resent- ment it might provoke ought to have been generous and manly ; epithets which his ...
... resentment of this treatment , which , in his own opinion at least , he had not deserved , was such that he broke ... resented - at least the resent- ment it might provoke ought to have been generous and manly ; epithets which his ...
Page 169
... resentment . That the quarrel of these two wits should be minutely deduced is not to be expected from a writer to whom , as Homer says , " nothing but rumour has reached , and who has no personal knowledge . " Pope doubtless approached ...
... resentment . That the quarrel of these two wits should be minutely deduced is not to be expected from a writer to whom , as Homer says , " nothing but rumour has reached , and who has no personal knowledge . " Pope doubtless approached ...
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... resentment of violated faith ; resentment more acrimonious , as the violator had been more loved or more trusted . But here the anger might have stopped ; the injury was private , and there was little danger from the example ...
... resentment of violated faith ; resentment more acrimonious , as the violator had been more loved or more trusted . But here the anger might have stopped ; the injury was private , and there was little danger from the example ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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