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Page 104
Only three thousand were sold in eleven years ; for it forced its way without assistance : its admirers did not dare to publish their opinion ; and the opportunities now given of attracting notice by advertisements were then very few ...
Only three thousand were sold in eleven years ; for it forced its way without assistance : its admirers did not dare to publish their opinion ; and the opportunities now given of attracting notice by advertisements were then very few ...
Page 108
When the inscription for the monument of Philips , in which he was said to be soli Miltono secundus , was exhibited to Dr. Sprat , then dean of Westminster , he refused to admit it ; the name of Milton was , in his opinion , too ...
When the inscription for the monument of Philips , in which he was said to be soli Miltono secundus , was exhibited to Dr. Sprat , then dean of Westminster , he refused to admit it ; the name of Milton was , in his opinion , too ...
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He had watched with great diligence try the operations of human nature , and traced the effects of opinion , humour , interest , and passion . From Г such remarks proceeded that great number of sen- tentious distichs which have passed ...
He had watched with great diligence try the operations of human nature , and traced the effects of opinion , humour , interest , and passion . From Г such remarks proceeded that great number of sen- tentious distichs which have passed ...
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