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Page 87
... sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always continued to speak with anger of the insolence and partiality of Page , and a short time before his death revenged it by a satire ...
... sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always continued to speak with anger of the insolence and partiality of Page , and a short time before his death revenged it by a satire ...
Page 361
... sometimes smooth , and sometimes rugged ; his style is sometimes con- catenated , and sometimes abrupt ; sometimes diffusive , and sometimes concise . His plan seems to have started in his mind at the present moment , and his thoughts ...
... sometimes smooth , and sometimes rugged ; his style is sometimes con- catenated , and sometimes abrupt ; sometimes diffusive , and sometimes concise . His plan seems to have started in his mind at the present moment , and his thoughts ...
Page 363
... sometimes happily , as in his parallel of Quicksilver with Pleasure , which I have heard repeated with approbation by a lady , of whose praise he would have been justly proud , and which is very ingenious , very subtle , and almost ...
... sometimes happily , as in his parallel of Quicksilver with Pleasure , which I have heard repeated with approbation by a lady , of whose praise he would have been justly proud , and which is very ingenious , very subtle , and almost ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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