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... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
... reason to suspect that his father was a sectary . Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary ...
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... reason to think that Cowley promis- ed little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted with- out security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled : nor that it made him think himself ...
... reason to think that Cowley promis- ed little . It does not appear that his compliance gained him confidence enough to be trusted with- out security , for the bond of his bail was never cancelled : nor that it made him think himself ...
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... reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the of and the power fixing attention and exciting merriment ... reasons that made him to follow the violent yet nothing could make it quiet . Those were inclination of his own mind ...
... reason ; it certainly has , in a very great degree , the of and the power fixing attention and exciting merriment ... reasons that made him to follow the violent yet nothing could make it quiet . Those were inclination of his own mind ...
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... Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical The stanzas against knowledge pro- poetry . duce little conviction . In those which are in- tended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging ...
... Reason , are no mean specimens of metaphysical The stanzas against knowledge pro- poetry . duce little conviction . In those which are in- tended to exalt the human faculties , reason has its proper task assigned it ; that of judging ...
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... reason enough for supposing that the an- cient audiences were delighted with the sound . The imitator ought therefore to have adopted what he found , and to have added what was wanting ; to have preserved a constant return of the same ...
... reason enough for supposing that the an- cient audiences were delighted with the sound . The imitator ought therefore to have adopted what he found , and to have added what was wanting ; to have preserved a constant return of the same ...
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