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... opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists , but we are geometricians only by chance . Our ... opinion , that what we had to 22 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
... opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually moralists , but we are geometricians only by chance . Our ... opinion , that what we had to 22 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
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Samuel Johnson. was rather of opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Of ... opinions . Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy , nor calls upon Arethuse and Mincius , nor tells of rough ...
Samuel Johnson. was rather of opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Of ... opinions . Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy , nor calls upon Arethuse and Mincius , nor tells of rough ...
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... opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it ; that it gave him more pleasure at the second perusal , and delighted him still more at the third . It has been generally objected to The Wanderer ...
... opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it ; that it gave him more pleasure at the second perusal , and delighted him still more at the third . It has been generally objected to The Wanderer ...
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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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