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Page 198
... person ought to prosecute that revenge from which the person who was injured desisted , I shall not preserve what Mr. Savage suppressed ; of which the publication would indeed have been a punishment too severe for so impotent an assault ...
... person ought to prosecute that revenge from which the person who was injured desisted , I shall not preserve what Mr. Savage suppressed ; of which the publication would indeed have been a punishment too severe for so impotent an assault ...
Page 244
... person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was attempted in a clandestine manner , with the utmost , falsehood ...
... person , instead of his writings , by one who was wholly a stranger to him , at a time when all the world knew he was persecuted by fortune ; and not only saw that this was attempted in a clandestine manner , with the utmost , falsehood ...
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... person that wants this wit may indeed be scorned , but the scorn shows the honour which the contemner has for wit . " Of this remark Pope made the proper use by correcting the passage . I have preserved , I think , all that is ...
... person that wants this wit may indeed be scorned , but the scorn shows the honour which the contemner has for wit . " Of this remark Pope made the proper use by correcting the passage . I have preserved , I think , all that is ...
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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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