The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... effects proportionate tc the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to King William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he ...
... effects proportionate tc the magnificence of the transaction . The conduct of Prior in this splendid initiation into public business was so pleasing to King William , that he made him one of the gentlemen of his bed - chamber ; and he ...
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... effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice , and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated . The stage found other advocates , and the dispute was pro- tracted through ten years ; but at last comedy grew ...
... effect is to represent pleasure in alliance with vice , and to relax those obligations by which life ought to be regulated . The stage found other advocates , and the dispute was pro- tracted through ten years ; but at last comedy grew ...
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... effects more than the suppression of faults ; a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very little helped by local ...
... effects more than the suppression of faults ; a happy line , or a single elegance , may perhaps be added ; but of a large work the general character must always remain ; the original constitution can be very little helped by local ...
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... effects of public resentment , but has been caressed and patronised by persons of great figure and of all denominations . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their turn to shew particular respect and ...
... effects of public resentment , but has been caressed and patronised by persons of great figure and of all denominations . Violent party - men , who differed in all things besides , agreed in their turn to shew particular respect and ...
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... effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his relations in his native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near Newcastle , in Staffordshire , of an ancient family , whose estate was very ...
... effect of indifference or negligence . I have sought intelligence among his relations in his native country , but have not obtained it . He was born near Newcastle , in Staffordshire , of an ancient family , whose estate was very ...
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