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... considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed , to wit of this kind the ...
... considered as wit which is at once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknowledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed , to wit of this kind the ...
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... considered by many as an occasion of triumph . Those who had before paid their court to him without success soon returned the contempt which they had suffered ; and they who had received favours from him - for of such favours as he ...
... considered by many as an occasion of triumph . Those who had before paid their court to him without success soon returned the contempt which they had suffered ; and they who had received favours from him - for of such favours as he ...
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... considered them as the slaves of fortune and the worshippers of pros- perity , and was more inclined to despise them than to lament himself . It does not appear that , after this return of his wants , he found mankind equally favourable ...
... considered them as the slaves of fortune and the worshippers of pros- perity , and was more inclined to despise them than to lament himself . It does not appear that , after this return of his wants , he found mankind equally favourable ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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