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... persons could not read them ; not only this inconvenience attended it , but the inaccuracy of the press was very conspicuous . These rea- sons , as well as the idea of an in- vasion of what we call our Literary Property , induced the ...
... persons could not read them ; not only this inconvenience attended it , but the inaccuracy of the press was very conspicuous . These rea- sons , as well as the idea of an in- vasion of what we call our Literary Property , induced the ...
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... persons imagined by him . He may be in his own practice and disposition a philo- sopher , nay a Stoic , and yet some- times speak with the softness of an amorous Sappho : - " ferat et rubus asper amomum [ VIRGIL , Ecl . iii . 89 ] ...
... persons imagined by him . He may be in his own practice and disposition a philo- sopher , nay a Stoic , and yet some- times speak with the softness of an amorous Sappho : - " ferat et rubus asper amomum [ VIRGIL , Ecl . iii . 89 ] ...
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... persons , enemies to the Muses + . ' The neglect of the court was not his only mortification : 36 having , by such ... person not a divine . ' ] According to Hurd the master- ship was the Rachel in Cowley's Complaint ( Eng . Poets ...
... persons , enemies to the Muses + . ' The neglect of the court was not his only mortification : 36 having , by such ... person not a divine . ' ] According to Hurd the master- ship was the Rachel in Cowley's Complaint ( Eng . Poets ...
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... persons of quality following ; among these all the wits of the town , divers bishops and clergymen . ' Diary , ii . 30 . Pepys did not hear of his death till Aug. 10 , when he recorded : - ' To the New Exchange , to the book- seller's ...
... persons of quality following ; among these all the wits of the town , divers bishops and clergymen . ' Diary , ii . 30 . Pepys did not hear of his death till Aug. 10 , when he recorded : - ' To the New Exchange , to the book- seller's ...
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... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it3 ' Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomias- 68 tick verses : In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere ...
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it3 ' Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomias- 68 tick verses : In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere ...
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