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... reading Horace , and was so well pleased with his proficiency , that he undertook the care and cost of his academical educa- tion . He entered his name in St. John's College , at Cambridge , in 1682 , in his eighteenth year ; and it may ...
... reading Horace , and was so well pleased with his proficiency , that he undertook the care and cost of his academical educa- tion . He entered his name in St. John's College , at Cambridge , in 1682 , in his eighteenth year ; and it may ...
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... readers , even among those who cannot compare it with the original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The " Poems to the King " are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the ...
... readers , even among those who cannot compare it with the original . The epistle to Boileau is not so happy . The " Poems to the King " are now perused only by young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the ...
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... reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much re- garded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that ...
... reader is only to learn what he thought , and to be told that he thought wrong . The event of every experiment is foreseen , and therefore the process is not much re- garded . Yet the work is far from deserving to be neglected . He that ...
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... reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : de gustibus non est disputandum . Men may be convinced , but they cannot be pleased , against their will . But though taste is obstinate ...
... reader to that which found few friends among the audience . These apologies are always useless : de gustibus non est disputandum . Men may be convinced , but they cannot be pleased , against their will . But though taste is obstinate ...
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... reader with senseless consolation . From the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star , and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas from every tear sprung up a violet . But William is his hero , and of William he will sing : - " The ...
... reader with senseless consolation . From the grave of Pastora rises a light that forms a star , and where Amaryllis wept for Amyntas from every tear sprung up a violet . But William is his hero , and of William he will sing : - " The ...
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