The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce ef- fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so ...
... thing equal , was formed the grand alliance against Louis , which at last did not produce ef- fects proportionate to the magnificence of the trans- action . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so ...
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... thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed un- dignified by poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her ...
... thing has its day . Through the reigns of William and Anne no prosperous event passed un- dignified by poetry . In the last war , when France was disgraced and overpowered in every quarter of the globe ; when Spain , coming to her ...
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... thing be more absurd , " says he , " or more inhuman , than to propose to me a question , by the answering of which I might , according to them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwithstand- ing their solemn promise , that nothing which I ...
... thing be more absurd , " says he , " or more inhuman , than to propose to me a question , by the answering of which I might , according to them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwithstand- ing their solemn promise , that nothing which I ...
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... thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excitement of virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not produce ...
... thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excitement of virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgment in the operations of intellect can hinder faults , but not produce ...
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... appearing to have done every thing by chance . " The Old Bachelor " was written for amusement in the languor of convalescence . Yet it is appa rently composed with great elaborateness of dia- logue , and 26 CONGREVE .
... appearing to have done every thing by chance . " The Old Bachelor " was written for amusement in the languor of convalescence . Yet it is appa rently composed with great elaborateness of dia- logue , and 26 CONGREVE .
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