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mon manners . ployed in the higher scenes of poetry and fiction , which are more remote from comIt may be remarked lastly of Waller , that there is no passion in his love verses , and that one elegy of Tibullus , so well imitated by ...
mon manners . ployed in the higher scenes of poetry and fiction , which are more remote from comIt may be remarked lastly of Waller , that there is no passion in his love verses , and that one elegy of Tibullus , so well imitated by ...
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Sir John SUCKLING was robbed by his Valet - deChambre ; the moment he discovered it , he clapped on his boots in a passionate hurry , and perceived not a large rusty nail that was concealed at the bottom which pierced his heel ...
Sir John SUCKLING was robbed by his Valet - deChambre ; the moment he discovered it , he clapped on his boots in a passionate hurry , and perceived not a large rusty nail that was concealed at the bottom which pierced his heel ...
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Vice is the act of man , by passion tost , And in the shoreless fea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice disorders , canft compofe , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model ...
Vice is the act of man , by passion tost , And in the shoreless fea of folly loft ; But thou , what vice disorders , canft compofe , And profit by the malice of thy foes ; So blending good with evil , fair with foul , As thence to model ...
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... as if they ftrenuously inculcated a total infenfibility with respect to passion , He that would be convinced that this trite accusation is ill - grounded , may consult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * .
... as if they ftrenuously inculcated a total infenfibility with respect to passion , He that would be convinced that this trite accusation is ill - grounded , may consult the notes Mr. Harris has added to his third treatise * .
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... and varied versification , and that strength of imagery , which conspire to excite our admiration of this beautiful poem * . 28. Proud of an easy conquest all along , She but removes weak passions for the strong t .
... and varied versification , and that strength of imagery , which conspire to excite our admiration of this beautiful poem * . 28. Proud of an easy conquest all along , She but removes weak passions for the strong t .
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