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... pleasing to God , or more agree- able to reason , than that the highest mind should have the sovereign power . Such , Sir , are you by general confession ; such are the things achieved by you , the greatest and most glorious of our ...
... pleasing to God , or more agree- able to reason , than that the highest mind should have the sovereign power . Such , Sir , are you by general confession ; such are the things achieved by you , the greatest and most glorious of our ...
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... pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable , and so delightful by the language . The ...
... pleasing tragedies on the stage , where it still keeps its turns of appearing , and probably will long keep them , for there is scarcely any work of any poet at once so interesting by the fable , and so delightful by the language . The ...
Page 354
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good luck , improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
... pleasing , and the praise of Marlborough , for which the scene gives an opportunity , is , what perhaps every human excellence must be , the product of good luck , improved by genius . The thoughts are sometimes great , and sometimes ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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