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Page 120
... mother , doomed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life only that he might be swallowed by its quick- sands or dashed upon its rocks . His mother could not indeed infect others with the same cruelty . As it was ...
... mother , doomed to poverty and obscurity , and launched upon the ocean of life only that he might be swallowed by its quick- sands or dashed upon its rocks . His mother could not indeed infect others with the same cruelty . As it was ...
Page 122
... mother , who could no longer refuse an answer , determined at least to give such as should cut him off for ever from that hap- piness which competence affords , and therefore de- clared that he was dead ; which is perhaps the first ...
... mother , who could no longer refuse an answer , determined at least to give such as should cut him off for ever from that hap- piness which competence affords , and therefore de- clared that he was dead ; which is perhaps the first ...
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... mother's house in the night with an intent to murder her . By whom this atrocious calumny had been trans- mitted to the Queen ; whether she that invented had the front to relate it ; whether she found anyone weak enough to credit it ...
... mother's house in the night with an intent to murder her . By whom this atrocious calumny had been trans- mitted to the Queen ; whether she that invented had the front to relate it ; whether she found anyone weak enough to credit it ...
Contents
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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