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... words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetoric ...
... words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetoric ...
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... word with me , and failed to come , though you told Mr. Bois that you would . This is what they call monstri simile . I do hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whether I shall ever ...
... word with me , and failed to come , though you told Mr. Bois that you would . This is what they call monstri simile . I do hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whether I shall ever ...
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... words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic , mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the ...
... words , it is in vain to expect except from Cowley . His strength always appears in his agility ; his volatility is not the flutter of a light , but the bound of an elastic , mind . His levity never leaves his learning behind it ; the ...
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... words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by those who write to be admired . The Anacreontics therefore of Cowley give now ...
... words is changed , or of innovation , by which new words or meanings of words are introduced , is practised , not by those who talk to be understood , but by those who write to be admired . The Anacreontics therefore of Cowley give now ...
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... word in the same sentence retaining both significations . Thus , " observing the cold regard of his mistress's eyes , and at the same time their power of producing love in him , he considers them as burning - glasses made of ice ...
... word in the same sentence retaining both significations . Thus , " observing the cold regard of his mistress's eyes , and at the same time their power of producing love in him , he considers them as burning - glasses made of ice ...
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