The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... thought it hard that " an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had always been civil . " By tales like these is the envy raised by superior abilities every day gratified : when they are attacked , every one hopes to see them ...
... thought it hard that " an old man should be so treated by those to whom he had always been civil . " By tales like these is the envy raised by superior abilities every day gratified : when they are attacked , every one hopes to see them ...
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... thought it necessary to make them more simple . He was in the following year at Loo with the King ; from whom , after a long audience , he carried orders to England , and upon his arrival became under - secretary of state in the Earl of ...
... thought it necessary to make them more simple . He was in the following year at Loo with the King ; from whom , after a long audience , he carried orders to England , and upon his arrival became under - secretary of state in the Earl of ...
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... thought a stricter confine- ment necessary than to his own house . " Here , " says he , " Boscawen played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian , but both very awkwardly . " The messenger , in whose custody he was to be placed ...
... thought a stricter confine- ment necessary than to his own house . " Here , " says he , " Boscawen played the moralist , and Coningsby the Christian , but both very awkwardly . " The messenger , in whose custody he was to be placed ...
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... thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity : he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of ...
... thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to sublimity : he perceived in it many excellences , and did not discover that it wanted that without which all others are of ...
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... thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that shall peruse it will be able to ...
... thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much regarded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that shall peruse it will be able to ...
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