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Page 77
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
... perhaps unconsciously , paid to this great man by his biographers : every house in which he resided is historically mentioned , as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence . The King , with ...
Page 129
... perhaps some others , are , I believe , genuine , and perhaps most of those which this collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one ...
... perhaps some others , are , I believe , genuine , and perhaps most of those which this collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have found leisure for any course of continued study , his pieces are commonly short , such as one ...
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... perhaps it cannot be explained into plain prosaic meaning , the mind perceives enough to be de- lighted , and readily forgives its obscurity for its magnificence : How strangely active are the arts of peace , Whose restless motions less ...
... perhaps it cannot be explained into plain prosaic meaning , the mind perceives enough to be de- lighted , and readily forgives its obscurity for its magnificence : How strangely active are the arts of peace , Whose restless motions less ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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