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... verses , was so very early in his life , that he could scarcely recall it to his memory . When he was yet a child , his father , who had been a merchant in London , and retired to Binfield with about twenty thousand pounds , would ...
... verses , was so very early in his life , that he could scarcely recall it to his memory . When he was yet a child , his father , who had been a merchant in London , and retired to Binfield with about twenty thousand pounds , would ...
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... verses which are purely his own . The original turn which he gives to his translations , the boldness of his expreffions , fo little forced and un- natural , that they seem to be born , as it were , with his thoughts , difplay almost as ...
... verses which are purely his own . The original turn which he gives to his translations , the boldness of his expreffions , fo little forced and un- natural , that they seem to be born , as it were , with his thoughts , difplay almost as ...
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... verse , in their re- fpective languages ; who have yet mani- fefted the force , fertility , and creative power ... verses . See , particularly , the ftory of Amu rath , N ° . 20 , of Nouraddin and Amana , N ° . 73 , and of Carazan ...
... verse , in their re- fpective languages ; who have yet mani- fefted the force , fertility , and creative power ... verses . See , particularly , the ftory of Amu rath , N ° . 20 , of Nouraddin and Amana , N ° . 73 , and of Carazan ...
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