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I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that some pieces of ascetic devotion , composed by him , are preserved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon says remarkably of Machiavel ...
I have been informed that Machiavel towards the latter part of his life grew religious , and that some pieces of ascetic devotion , composed by him , are preserved in the libraries of Italy . Lord Bacon says remarkably of Machiavel ...
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Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , happening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always respected t , found him in an unusual agitation of spirits , even to a trembling . On enquiring the cause , have been up all night ...
Mr. St. John , afterwards Lord Bolingbroke , happening to pay a morning visit to Dryden , whom he always respected t , found him in an unusual agitation of spirits , even to a trembling . On enquiring the cause , have been up all night ...
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This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to Pope , by Pope to Mr. Gilbert West , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perspicuity of the thoughts ...
This anecdote , as true as it is curious , was imparted by Lord Bolingbroke to Pope , by Pope to Mr. Gilbert West , by him to the ingenious friend who communicated it to me * . The rapidity , and yet the perspicuity of the thoughts ...
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Lord Somers was passionately fond of the Fairy Queen ' ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he detired to be painted with a Spenser in his hand . + Book iii . c . 11 . IIIepe uk .
Lord Somers was passionately fond of the Fairy Queen ' ; it was his favourite work ; in the last picture which he fate for to Sir Godfrey Kneller , he detired to be painted with a Spenser in his hand . + Book iii . c . 11 . IIIepe uk .
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... during the usurpation of Cromwell * ARTEMISIA * Lord Bolingbroke used to relate , that his Great Grandfather Ireton , and Fleetwood , being one day engaged in a private drinking party with Cromwell , and wanting Vol . II .
... during the usurpation of Cromwell * ARTEMISIA * Lord Bolingbroke used to relate , that his Great Grandfather Ireton , and Fleetwood , being one day engaged in a private drinking party with Cromwell , and wanting Vol . II .
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Aug 2010 |
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