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Page 106
... manner as excites reverence and confirms piety . Of human beings there are but two ; but those two are the parents of mankind , venerable before their fall for dignity and innocence , and amiable after it for repentance and submission ...
... manner as excites reverence and confirms piety . Of human beings there are but two ; but those two are the parents of mankind , venerable before their fall for dignity and innocence , and amiable after it for repentance and submission ...
Page 120
... manners of a Presbyterian magistrate , and tried to unite the absurdities of both , however distant , in one personage ... manner he would have rewarded or punished his hero , it is now vain to conjecture . His work must have had , as it ...
... manners of a Presbyterian magistrate , and tried to unite the absurdities of both , however distant , in one personage ... manner he would have rewarded or punished his hero , it is now vain to conjecture . His work must have had , as it ...
Page 213
... manner ? No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr. Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my Lady's consent to let me have the honour of his interment , which shall be after another manner than this ; and I ...
... manner ? No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr. Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my Lady's consent to let me have the honour of his interment , which shall be after another manner than this ; and I ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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