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These two lines , if he can shew me any sense or thought in , or any thing but bombast and noise , he shall make me believe every word in his observations on Morocco sense . ' In the Empress of Morocco were these lines : ' I'll travel ...
These two lines , if he can shew me any sense or thought in , or any thing but bombast and noise , he shall make me believe every word in his observations on Morocco sense . ' In the Empress of Morocco were these lines : ' I'll travel ...
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Langbaine's charges of plagiarism should be allowed , shews such facility of composition , such readiness of language , and such copiousness of sentiment , as , since the name of Lopez de Vega , perhaps no other author has possessed .
Langbaine's charges of plagiarism should be allowed , shews such facility of composition , such readiness of language , and such copiousness of sentiment , as , since the name of Lopez de Vega , perhaps no other author has possessed .
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arguments , or deceived by a representation which shews only the doubts on one part , and only the evidence on the ... This was then the state of popery ; every artifice was used to shew it in its fairest form ; and it must be owned to ...
arguments , or deceived by a representation which shews only the doubts on one part , and only the evidence on the ... This was then the state of popery ; every artifice was used to shew it in its fairest form ; and it must be owned to ...
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