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... virtue , which distinguish one character from another ; and , as his conception was strong , his expressions were clear , he easily received impressions from objects , and very forcibly transmitted them to others . Of his exact ...
... virtue , which distinguish one character from another ; and , as his conception was strong , his expressions were clear , he easily received impressions from objects , and very forcibly transmitted them to others . Of his exact ...
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... virtue ; and that he never contributed deliberately to spread corruption amongst mankind . His actions , which were ... virtue confirmed by habit ; a circumstance which , in his Bastard , he laments in a very affecting manner : -No ...
... virtue ; and that he never contributed deliberately to spread corruption amongst mankind . His actions , which were ... virtue confirmed by habit ; a circumstance which , in his Bastard , he laments in a very affecting manner : -No ...
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... virtue only is our own . So unaffected , so compos'd a mind , So firm , yet soft , so strong , yet so refin'd , Heaven , as its purest gold , by tortures tried ; The saint sustain'd it , but the woman died . I have always considered ...
... virtue only is our own . So unaffected , so compos'd a mind , So firm , yet soft , so strong , yet so refin'd , Heaven , as its purest gold , by tortures tried ; The saint sustain'd it , but the woman died . I have always considered ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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