Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
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... friends : ' For , ' said he , ' I may have a hundred friends , and if my fee be two guineas I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and no friend gain more than two ; there is therefore no proportion between the ...
... friends : ' For , ' said he , ' I may have a hundred friends , and if my fee be two guineas I shall , by relinquishing my right , lose two hundred guineas , and no friend gain more than two ; there is therefore no proportion between the ...
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... friends to a consultation what use might be best made of it . Lewis 3 , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to ... friends . ' Gay , in A Welcome from Greece , describes him as ' Lewis , who has never friend for- saken . ' Eng ...
... friends to a consultation what use might be best made of it . Lewis 3 , the steward of lord Oxford , advised him to ... friends . ' Gay , in A Welcome from Greece , describes him as ' Lewis , who has never friend for- saken . ' Eng ...
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