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... reason for imagining that he was more or less conversant with that family . The same year he published the " City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in con- junction with Mr. Montague . There is a ...
... reason for imagining that he was more or less conversant with that family . The same year he published the " City Mouse and Country Mouse , " to ridicule Dryden's " Hind and Panther , " in con- junction with Mr. Montague . There is a ...
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... reason would not refuse . Among the advantages to arise from the future years of William's reign , he mentions a Society for useful Arts , and among them Some that with care true eloquence shall teach , And to just idioms fix our ...
... reason would not refuse . Among the advantages to arise from the future years of William's reign , he mentions a Society for useful Arts , and among them Some that with care true eloquence shall teach , And to just idioms fix our ...
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... reason to trust them ; for they violated that promise about five hours after . How- ever , I owned I was there present . Whether this was wisely done or not , I leave to my friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was ...
... reason to trust them ; for they violated that promise about five hours after . How- ever , I owned I was there present . Whether this was wisely done or not , I leave to my friends to determine . " When he had signed the paper , he was ...
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... reason . I If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or activity of fancy . He never made any effort of invention : his greater pieces ...
... reason . I If Prior's poetry be generally considered , his praise will be that of correctness and industry , rather than of compass , of comprehension , or activity of fancy . He never made any effort of invention : his greater pieces ...
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... reasons either not known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy , of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsi- mony ; which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ...
... reasons either not known or not mentioned , he bequeathed a legacy , of about ten thousand pounds , the accumulation of attentive parsi- mony ; which , though to her superfluous and useless , might have given great assistance to the ...
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