Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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... thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excitement of virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgement in the opera- tions of intellect can hinder faults , but not ...
... thing that approached to the ridiculous or absurd ; but as laws operate in civil agency not to the excitement of virtue , but the repression of wickedness , so judgement in the opera- tions of intellect can hinder faults , but not ...
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... thing by you , I am determined . " - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and , in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary , he actually obliged us to take the money . ' " " 66 In the ...
... thing by you , I am determined . " - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and , in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary , he actually obliged us to take the money . ' " " 66 In the ...
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... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from which we have a thousand times turned ...
... things are made familiar , and familiar things are made new . A race of aerial people , never heard of before , is ... thing is striking , and we feel all the appetite of curiosity for that from which we have a thousand times turned ...
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