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... give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house , where the Earl of Dorset , celebrated for pa- tronage of genius , found him by chance , as Burnet relates ...
... give him any education beyond that of the school , took him , when he was well advanced in literature , to his own house , where the Earl of Dorset , celebrated for pa- tronage of genius , found him by chance , as Burnet relates ...
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... give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . " Soon after , the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris . It ...
... give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . " Soon after , the Duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris . It ...
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... give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in August , 1713 , and continued till the August following ; but I am afraid that ...
... give a different turn to our parliament and our people according to their resolution at this crisis . " Prior's public dignity and splendour commenced in August , 1713 , and continued till the August following ; but I am afraid that ...
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... give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now thought a stricter confine- ment necessary than to his own house . " Here , " says he , " Boscawen played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian ...
... give such an account of it to the Commons as might merit favour ; and that they now thought a stricter confine- ment necessary than to his own house . " Here , " says he , " Boscawen played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian ...
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... Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice , Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice my own affrights me with its echoes . -- He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers ...
... Give me thy hand , and let me hear thy voice , Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice my own affrights me with its echoes . -- He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers ...
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