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Page 173
... thing in our purpose nd desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not always o precede in order of time ; for well - being supposes a eing ; and the first impediment which men naturally ndeavour to remove , is the want of those things ...
... thing in our purpose nd desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not always o precede in order of time ; for well - being supposes a eing ; and the first impediment which men naturally ndeavour to remove , is the want of those things ...
Page 196
... thing ludicrous or familiar . He seems always to do his best ; though his subjects are often unworthy of his care . It is not easy to think without some contempt on an author , who is growing illustrious in his own opinion by verses ...
... thing ludicrous or familiar . He seems always to do his best ; though his subjects are often unworthy of his care . It is not easy to think without some contempt on an author , who is growing illustrious in his own opinion by verses ...
Page 249
... thing , makes reprisals upon his enemy . Το say that his answer is equal to the censure , is no high commenda- tion . To expose Dryden's method of analysing his expres- sions , he tries the same experiment upon the description of the ...
... thing , makes reprisals upon his enemy . Το say that his answer is equal to the censure , is no high commenda- tion . To expose Dryden's method of analysing his expres- sions , he tries the same experiment upon the description of the ...
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