Lives of the English Poets1964 |
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... perhaps he was not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go , And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know , And on the lunar world securely pry . These lines have no meaning ...
... perhaps he was not conscious : Then we upon our orb's last verge shall go , And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know , And on the lunar world securely pry . These lines have no meaning ...
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... perhaps less often in his profession than in others . To be humane , generous , and candid , is a very high degree of merit in any case ; but those qualities de- serve still greater praise when they are found in that condition which ...
... perhaps less often in his profession than in others . To be humane , generous , and candid , is a very high degree of merit in any case ; but those qualities de- serve still greater praise when they are found in that condition which ...
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... perhaps of the insults which he had formerly borne , and which he might now think himself entitled to revenge . It is too common for those who have unjustly suffered pain to inflict it likewise in their turn with the same injustice ...
... perhaps of the insults which he had formerly borne , and which he might now think himself entitled to revenge . It is too common for those who have unjustly suffered pain to inflict it likewise in their turn with the same injustice ...
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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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