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... virtue would not endeavour to palliate them , his gratitude would not suffer him to prolong the memory or diffuse the censure . In his Wanderer he has indeed taken an oppor- tunity of mentioning her ; but celebrates her not for her virtue ...
... virtue would not endeavour to palliate them , his gratitude would not suffer him to prolong the memory or diffuse the censure . In his Wanderer he has indeed taken an oppor- tunity of mentioning her ; but celebrates her not for her virtue ...
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... virtue , and found the man whom he had celebrated , when he had an opportunity of ex- amining him more narrowly , unworthy of the panegyric which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted for the ...
... virtue , and found the man whom he had celebrated , when he had an opportunity of ex- amining him more narrowly , unworthy of the panegyric which he had too hastily bestowed ; and that , as a false satire ought to be recanted for the ...
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... virtue ; and that he never con- tributed deliberately to spread corruption amongst mankind . His actions , which ... virtue confirmed by habit ; a circumstance which , in his Bastard , he laments in a very affecting manner : -No Mother's ...
... virtue ; and that he never con- tributed deliberately to spread corruption amongst mankind . His actions , which ... virtue confirmed by habit ; a circumstance which , in his Bastard , he laments in a very affecting manner : -No Mother's ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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