Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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Page 140
... suffered him to solicit a reconciliation ; he returned reproach for reproach , and insult for insult ; his superiority of wit supplied the disadvantages of his fortune , and enabled him to form a party , and prejudice great numbers in ...
... suffered him to solicit a reconciliation ; he returned reproach for reproach , and insult for insult ; his superiority of wit supplied the disadvantages of his fortune , and enabled him to form a party , and prejudice great numbers in ...
Page 182
... suffering well cannot be denied him . The two powers which , in the opinion of Epictetus , constituted a wise man , are ... suffered fewer hardships in prison than he had been accustomed to undergo in the greatest part of his life . The ...
... suffering well cannot be denied him . The two powers which , in the opinion of Epictetus , constituted a wise man , are ... suffered fewer hardships in prison than he had been accustomed to undergo in the greatest part of his life . The ...
Page 321
... suffered coronations and royal marriages to pass without a song , and derived no opportunities from recent events , nor any popularity from the accidental dis- position of his readers . He was never reduced to the necessity of ...
... suffered coronations and royal marriages to pass without a song , and derived no opportunities from recent events , nor any popularity from the accidental dis- position of his readers . He was never reduced to the necessity of ...
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