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... believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights , in cyphering and decyphering , comes to his own country , and ...
... believe to be undissembled ; a man harassed in one kingdom , and persecuted in another , who , after a course of business that employed all his days and half his nights , in cyphering and decyphering , comes to his own country , and ...
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... believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines ...
... believe , borrowed from Marino and his followers , had been recommended by the example of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more in the ruggedness of his lines ...
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... believe , the first poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the com- mon heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dry- den borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as ...
... believe , the first poet that mingled Alexandrines at pleasure with the com- mon heroic of ten syllables ; and from him Dry- den borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as ...
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... believe , is a small history of poetry , written in Latin by his nephew Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . 380 ba of 8997 2900 89 upat 31 920 de wod Mr. 15 not with own powers ; and promises to undertake some ...
... believe , is a small history of poetry , written in Latin by his nephew Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . 380 ba of 8997 2900 89 upat 31 920 de wod Mr. 15 not with own powers ; and promises to undertake some ...
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... policy in escaping the punish ment of death , by a seasonable show of dying . " - Cunningham's History of Great Britain , vol . i . p . 14 . -R . influence of the seasons , and believe his faculties unpremeditated 36 MILTON .
... policy in escaping the punish ment of death , by a seasonable show of dying . " - Cunningham's History of Great Britain , vol . i . p . 14 . -R . influence of the seasons , and believe his faculties unpremeditated 36 MILTON .
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