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Page 149
... less intelligible , and less striking . What Cicero says of philosophy is true likewise of wit and humour , 6 that time effaces the fictions of opinion , and BUTLER 149.
... less intelligible , and less striking . What Cicero says of philosophy is true likewise of wit and humour , 6 that time effaces the fictions of opinion , and BUTLER 149.
Page 166
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary supposition , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
Page 263
... less time than The Virgin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either ostentatiously or mournfully to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary performance , written in the ...
... less time than The Virgin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either ostentatiously or mournfully to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary performance , written in the ...
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