Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more places than one are still shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are ...
... once at least , the residence of his ancestors ; and , I believe , more places than one are still shewn , in groves and gardens , where he is related to have written his Old Batchelor . Neither the time nor place of his birth are ...
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Samuel Johnson. an act of complicated virtue ; by which he at once relieved the poor , corrected the vicious , and forgave an enemy ; by which he at once remitted the strong- est provocations , and exercised the most ardent charity ...
Samuel Johnson. an act of complicated virtue ; by which he at once relieved the poor , corrected the vicious , and forgave an enemy ; by which he at once remitted the strong- est provocations , and exercised the most ardent charity ...
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... once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of soliciting a reconciliation , and whom he treated at once with all the haughtiness of superiority , and all the bitterness of ...
... once paid him should be restored ; but with whom he never appeared to entertain for a moment the thought of soliciting a reconciliation , and whom he treated at once with all the haughtiness of superiority , and all the bitterness of ...
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