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Page 5
... favour had been shown him , he received the " weary of the vexations and formalities of an news of his ill - success , not with so much firm - active condition . He had been perplexed with ness as might have been expected from so great ...
... favour had been shown him , he received the " weary of the vexations and formalities of an news of his ill - success , not with so much firm - active condition . He had been perplexed with ness as might have been expected from so great ...
Page 10
... favour is diffus'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall : Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes At every glance a constellation flies And sows the court with stars , and doth prevert , In ...
... favour is diffus'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and natures fall : Then from those wombs of stars , the bride's bright eyes At every glance a constellation flies And sows the court with stars , and doth prevert , In ...
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... favour of his mas- ter , and esteem of the public , would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and His frenzy lasted not long ; * and he seems to have regained his full force of mind ; for he wrote afterwards his excellent ...
... favour of his mas- ter , and esteem of the public , would now make him happy . But human felicity is short and His frenzy lasted not long ; * and he seems to have regained his full force of mind ; for he wrote afterwards his excellent ...
Page 27
... favour of Lord Scuda- more , he had the opportunity of visiting Groti- us , then residing at the French court as ambas- sador from Christiana of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with par- ticular diligence ...
... favour of Lord Scuda- more , he had the opportunity of visiting Groti- us , then residing at the French court as ambas- sador from Christiana of Sweden . From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with par- ticular diligence ...
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... favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour , is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His wife and her relations now found that Milton was not an unresisting ...
... favoured before . He that changes his party by his humour , is not more virtuous than he that changes it by his interest ; he loves himself rather than truth . His wife and her relations now found that Milton was not an unresisting ...
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