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Page 2
... equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to ...
... equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce effects proportionate to the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to ...
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... equal sum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and philosophers have often wished , the power of passing the day in contemplative tranquillity ...
... equal sum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after his decease . He had now , what wits and philosophers have often wished , the power of passing the day in contemplative tranquillity ...
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... equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the Lord Halifax , a dedi- cation , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de gustibus non ...
... equal kindness . He writes to his patron , the Lord Halifax , a dedi- cation , in which he endeavours to reconcile the reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apo- logies are always useless : " de gustibus non ...
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... equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " 1 He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and , instead of slackening , quickened his career . Having in two years produced ten ...
... equal to Boileau in poetry , and superior to him in critical abilities . " 1 He seems to have been more delighted with praise than pained by censure , and , instead of slackening , quickened his career . Having in two years produced ten ...
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... equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe , among the least ...
... equal diversity in the dispositions and manners of mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe , among the least ...
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