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... gives both pleasure and edification , and hence his worth . The in- clusion of Sackville , Earl of Dorset , in the list ... give . It is a far cry from his greatest to his least ; but between the extremes stands a long row of poets who ...
... gives both pleasure and edification , and hence his worth . The in- clusion of Sackville , Earl of Dorset , in the list ... give . It is a far cry from his greatest to his least ; but between the extremes stands a long row of poets who ...
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... gives him that pedantic ostentation of knowledge which has no relation to chivalry , and loads him with martial ... give occasion , like his attack upon the bear and fiddle , to expose the ridiculous rigour of the sectaries ; like ...
... gives him that pedantic ostentation of knowledge which has no relation to chivalry , and loads him with martial ... give occasion , like his attack upon the bear and fiddle , to expose the ridiculous rigour of the sectaries ; like ...
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... give , Juba an opportunity to demand Marcia of her father . But the quarrel and rage of Juba and Syphax , in the same act ; the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in her father's hall , to ...
... give , Juba an opportunity to demand Marcia of her father . But the quarrel and rage of Juba and Syphax , in the same act ; the invectives of Syphax against the Romans and Cato ; the advice that he gives Juba , in her father's hall , to ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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