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What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the ...
What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and when the ...
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Of his family some account may be expected . His sister , first married to Mr. Philips , afterwards married Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded him in the Crown - office . She had by her first husband Edward and ...
Of his family some account may be expected . His sister , first married to Mr. Philips , afterwards married Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded him in the Crown - office . She had by her first husband Edward and ...
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In this country an academy could be expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if attendance were gratuitous , it would be rarely paid , and no man would endure the least ...
In this country an academy could be expected to do but little . If an academician's place were profitable , it would be given by interest ; if attendance were gratuitous , it would be rarely paid , and no man would endure the least ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 Volumes 770-771 of Everyman's Library Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Samuel Johnson Volume 84 of Worlds classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Frowde, 191? |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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