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84 Steele thought the humour of The Freeholder too nice and gentle for such noisy times ; and is reported to have said that the ministry made use of a lute when they should have called for a trumpet . 85 This year ( 1716 3 ) he married ...
84 Steele thought the humour of The Freeholder too nice and gentle for such noisy times ; and is reported to have said that the ministry made use of a lute when they should have called for a trumpet . 85 This year ( 1716 3 ) he married ...
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This Pope had in his thoughts ; but , not knowing how to use what was not his own , he spoiled the thought when he had borrowed it : ' The well - sung woes shall [ will ] soothe my ( pensive ] ghost ; He best can paint them who shall ...
This Pope had in his thoughts ; but , not knowing how to use what was not his own , he spoiled the thought when he had borrowed it : ' The well - sung woes shall [ will ] soothe my ( pensive ] ghost ; He best can paint them who shall ...
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But perhaps this thought , though hardly a simile , was remote 134 from vulgar conceptions , and required great labour of research or dexterity of application . Of this Dr. Madden , a name which Ireland ought to honour , once gave me ...
But perhaps this thought , though hardly a simile , was remote 134 from vulgar conceptions , and required great labour of research or dexterity of application . Of this Dr. Madden , a name which Ireland ought to honour , once gave me ...
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