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Page 36
... delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained . Had not his characters been depraved , like every other part , by ...
... delight . If the continuation of the Davideis can be missed , it is for the learning that had been diffused over it , and the notes in which it had been explained . Had not his characters been depraved , like every other part , by ...
Page 256
... delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit . He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning , where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the precipice of absurdity ...
... delight was in wild and daring sallies of sentiment , in the irregular and eccentric violence of wit . He delighted to tread upon the brink of meaning , where light and darkness begin to mingle ; to approach the precipice of absurdity ...
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... delight . His reputation as a civilian was yet maintained by his judgments in the Courts of Delegates , and raised very high by the address and knowledge which he discovered in 1700 , when he defended the Earl of Anglesea against his ...
... delight . His reputation as a civilian was yet maintained by his judgments in the Courts of Delegates , and raised very high by the address and knowledge which he discovered in 1700 , when he defended the Earl of Anglesea against his ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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