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... persons , enemies to the muses . " " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it * under the title of ...
... persons , enemies to the muses . " " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he produced it * under the title of ...
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... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shows his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
... person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shows his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastic verses : In every thing there naturally grows A balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
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... person . But as Ne- mesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has enforced the charge of a solecism by an expression in itself grossly solecistical , when for one of those supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think ...
... person . But as Ne- mesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has enforced the charge of a solecism by an expression in itself grossly solecistical , when for one of those supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think ...
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... persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The Persons . Michael . Chorus of Angels , Heavenly Love . The Persons . Moses . Divine Justice , Wisdom . Heavenly Love ...
... persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The Persons . Michael . Chorus of Angels , Heavenly Love . The Persons . Moses . Divine Justice , Wisdom . Heavenly Love ...
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... persons of man's estate , who , of their own accord , greedily catched at the opportunity of being his readers , that they might as well reap the benefit of what they read to him , as oblige him by the benefit of their reading ; and ...
... persons of man's estate , who , of their own accord , greedily catched at the opportunity of being his readers , that they might as well reap the benefit of what they read to him , as oblige him by the benefit of their reading ; and ...
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