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... mean not to accuse him of flattery ; he probably thought all that he writ , and retained as much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William supplied copious materials for either verse or prose ...
... mean not to accuse him of flattery ; he probably thought all that he writ , and retained as much veracity as can be properly exacted from a poet professedly encomiastic . King William supplied copious materials for either verse or prose ...
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... mean company . His Chloe probably was sometimes ideal : but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate and ran ...
... mean company . His Chloe probably was sometimes ideal : but the woman with whom he cohabited was a despicable drab of the lowest species . One of his wenches , perhaps Chloe , while he was absent from his house , stole his plate and ran ...
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... means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety , and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from ...
... means of judging are left us , seem to have been right ; but his life was , it seems , irregular , negligent , and sensual . PRIOR has written with great variety , and his variety has made him popular . He has tried all styles , from ...
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... means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to bring to light some- thing useful and ornamental ; whence his character is the reverse to theirs , who have eminent abilities in insig ...
... means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to bring to light some- thing useful and ornamental ; whence his character is the reverse to theirs , who have eminent abilities in insig ...
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... , they become proper instruments for the sprightly operations of the mind , by which means the imagination can with great facility range the wide field of Nature , contemplate an infinite variety of objects , BLACKMORE . 51.
... , they become proper instruments for the sprightly operations of the mind , by which means the imagination can with great facility range the wide field of Nature , contemplate an infinite variety of objects , BLACKMORE . 51.
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