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... whole rather than to the part , and by the effect of the whole he is abundantly justified . Further than this , many of the Lives still remain the principal authority upon their subjects . Later research has discovered little new that ...
... whole rather than to the part , and by the effect of the whole he is abundantly justified . Further than this , many of the Lives still remain the principal authority upon their subjects . Later research has discovered little new that ...
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Samuel Johnson. Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold , and the language too luxuriant for dialogue . It is a drama in the epick style ... whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and MILTON ...
Samuel Johnson. Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold , and the language too luxuriant for dialogue . It is a drama in the epick style ... whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and MILTON ...
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... whole fourth act , and the first half or somewhat more of the fifth . This was a play written professedly for the party of the duke of York , whose succession was then opposed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and ...
... whole fourth act , and the first half or somewhat more of the fifth . This was a play written professedly for the party of the duke of York , whose succession was then opposed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and ...
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