Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
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Page 313
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
... seems to have been peculiarly formed : Let envy then those crimes within you see , From which the happy never must be free ; Envy that does with misery reside , The joy and the revenge of ruin'd pride . Into this poem he seems to have ...
Page 402
... seems to have been social and liberal . He communicated himself through a very wide extent of acquaintance ; and though firm in a party , at a time when firmness included virulence , yet he imparted his kindness to those who were not ...
... seems to have been social and liberal . He communicated himself through a very wide extent of acquaintance ; and though firm in a party , at a time when firmness included virulence , yet he imparted his kindness to those who were not ...
Page 457
... Seems to appear before them . Sempronius is , it seems , to pass for Juba in full day at Cato's house , where they were both so very well known , by having Juba's dress and his guards : as if one of the marshals of France could pass for ...
... Seems to appear before them . Sempronius is , it seems , to pass for Juba in full day at Cato's house , where they were both so very well known , by having Juba's dress and his guards : as if one of the marshals of France could pass for ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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