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... honour , Cleveland has paralleled it with the sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , nor no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
... honour , Cleveland has paralleled it with the sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , nor no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
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... honour conferred by the King , from whom all honour is derived , and which there- fore no man has a right to bestow upon himself ; and added , that he might , with equal propriety , style himself a Volunteer Lord , or Volunteer Bar ...
... honour conferred by the King , from whom all honour is derived , and which there- fore no man has a right to bestow upon himself ; and added , that he might , with equal propriety , style himself a Volunteer Lord , or Volunteer Bar ...
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... honour it is not now possible to know ; there is no trace in literary history of any particular intimacy between them . The name of Congreve appears in the letters among those of his other friends , but without any observ- able ...
... honour it is not now possible to know ; there is no trace in literary history of any particular intimacy between them . The name of Congreve appears in the letters among those of his other friends , but without any observ- able ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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