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... probably not have been cocted the pulp of learning , but refused the less carefully suppressed , the omission of his husks , had the appearance of an instinctive ele- name in the register of St. Dunstan's parishgance , of a particular ...
... probably not have been cocted the pulp of learning , but refused the less carefully suppressed , the omission of his husks , had the appearance of an instinctive ele- name in the register of St. Dunstan's parishgance , of a particular ...
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... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The search ...
... probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I think thou never found wilt be Yet I'm resolv'd to search for thee ; The search ...
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... probably concluded , because his tronc tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can ...
... probably concluded , because his tronc tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of of recitation ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can ...
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... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribu- tion of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
... probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland , by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribu- tion of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch that wandered over that kingdom . Poland was at that time very much frequented by ...
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... and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . Pulla married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a 24 MILTON . FENTON 199.
... and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . Pulla married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a 24 MILTON . FENTON 199.
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