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Steele once promised Congreve and the publick a complete description of his character ' ; but the promises of authors are like the vows of lovers . Steele thought no more on his design , or thought on it with anxiety that at last ...
Steele once promised Congreve and the publick a complete description of his character ' ; but the promises of authors are like the vows of lovers . Steele thought no more on his design , or thought on it with anxiety that at last ...
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1 21 His character is not to be proposed as worthy of imitation . His religion he may be supposed to have learned from Hobbes ' , and his morality was such as naturally proceeds from loose opinions . His sentiments with respect to women ...
1 21 His character is not to be proposed as worthy of imitation . His religion he may be supposed to have learned from Hobbes ' , and his morality was such as naturally proceeds from loose opinions . His sentiments with respect to women ...
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From the end of this month he had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , and , though he did not assume the public character till after the Duke's departure , yet the burthens of the embassy lay upon him .
From the end of this month he had the appointments and authority of an ambassador , and , though he did not assume the public character till after the Duke's departure , yet the burthens of the embassy lay upon him .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage Volume 2 of Lives of the English Poets, George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Octagon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
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