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Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what ...
Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what ...
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Portland sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he ' is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very ...
Portland sent ( June 29 ) a letter to the Lords , to tell them , that he ' is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very ...
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I need not tell you how much a man of his turn entertained me ; but I must acquaint you , there is a vivacity and gaiety of disposition , almost peculiar to him , which make it im- possible to part from him without that uneasiness which ...
I need not tell you how much a man of his turn entertained me ; but I must acquaint you , there is a vivacity and gaiety of disposition , almost peculiar to him , which make it im- possible to part from him without that uneasiness which ...
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