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... suffered , and of tears shed , on this occasion , by Dryden , who thought it hard that " an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had always been civil . " By tales like these is the envy raised by superior abilities every ...
... suffered , and of tears shed , on this occasion , by Dryden , who thought it hard that " an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had always been civil . " By tales like these is the envy raised by superior abilities every ...
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... suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the messenger , till he was examined before a committee of the privy council , of which Mr. Walpole was chairman , and Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were the ...
... suffered to live in his own house , under the custody of the messenger , till he was examined before a committee of the privy council , of which Mr. Walpole was chairman , and Lord Coningsby , Mr. Stanhope , and Mr. Lechmere , were the ...
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... suffered myself to be drawn into the prosecution of a difficult and thankless study , and to be involved in a perpetual war with knaves and fools . " There seems to be a strange affectation in authors of ap- pearing to have done every ...
... suffered myself to be drawn into the prosecution of a difficult and thankless study , and to be involved in a perpetual war with knaves and fools . " There seems to be a strange affectation in authors of ap- pearing to have done every ...
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... suffered irreligion and licentious- ness to be openly taught at the public charge . Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly . Dryden's conscience , or his prudence , angry as he was , with- held him from the conflict ...
... suffered irreligion and licentious- ness to be openly taught at the public charge . Nothing now remained for the poets but to resist or fly . Dryden's conscience , or his prudence , angry as he was , with- held him from the conflict ...
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... suffered himself to be reduced , like too many of the same sect , to mean arts and dishonour- able shifts . Whoever mentioned Fenton , mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is ...
... suffered himself to be reduced , like too many of the same sect , to mean arts and dishonour- able shifts . Whoever mentioned Fenton , mentioned him with honour . The life that passes in penury must necessarily pass in obscurity . It is ...
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