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Page 142
... must be born with some sparks of that fire , which animates the poet whom he criticises . As in deciding upon the merit of a piece of music , it is not enough , it is indeed no- thing , to calculate the proportion of founds as a ...
... must be born with some sparks of that fire , which animates the poet whom he criticises . As in deciding upon the merit of a piece of music , it is not enough , it is indeed no- thing , to calculate the proportion of founds as a ...
Page 145
... must not stand in com- petition with it . Well , Sir Knight , re- plied the Bachelor , for your fake , and for the honour of chivalry , I will not leave out the combat : and that it may appear the more glorious , all the court of ...
... must not stand in com- petition with it . Well , Sir Knight , re- plied the Bachelor , for your fake , and for the honour of chivalry , I will not leave out the combat : and that it may appear the more glorious , all the court of ...
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... must be frangled in its birth , the grease must not only be human , but must have dropped from a gibbet , the gibbet of a murderer ; and even the fow , whose blood is ufed , must have offended nature by devouring her own farrow ...
... must be frangled in its birth , the grease must not only be human , but must have dropped from a gibbet , the gibbet of a murderer ; and even the fow , whose blood is ufed , must have offended nature by devouring her own farrow ...
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