The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 59
... better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . " He These expressions are , I find , applied to the subscription of the Articles ; but it seems more probable that ...
... better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . " He These expressions are , I find , applied to the subscription of the Articles ; but it seems more probable that ...
Page 66
... better she is ever kecking at , and is queasy ; she vomits now out of sickness ; before it will be well with her , she must vomit by strong physic . The University , in the time of her better health , and my younger judgment , I never ...
... better she is ever kecking at , and is queasy ; she vomits now out of sickness ; before it will be well with her , she must vomit by strong physic . The University , in the time of her better health , and my younger judgment , I never ...
Page 72
... better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth satire : - Quid agas , cum dira et fædior omni Crimine persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted ...
... better authority than any that he has found , that of Juvenal in his fourth satire : - Quid agas , cum dira et fædior omni Crimine persona est ? As Salmasius reproached Milton with losing his eyes in the quarrel , Milton delighted ...
Page 86
... better ages , he might still be great among his con- temporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity . He might still be a giant among the pigmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . Of his ...
... better ages , he might still be great among his con- temporaries , with the hope of growing every day greater in the dwindle of posterity . He might still be a giant among the pigmies , the one - eyed monarch of the blind . Of his ...
Page 87
... better employed , had undoubtedly deserved compassion ; but to add the men- tion of danger was ungrateful and unjust . He was fallen indeed on evil days ; the time was come in which regicides could no longer boast their wickedness . But ...
... better employed , had undoubtedly deserved compassion ; but to add the men- tion of danger was ungrateful and unjust . He was fallen indeed on evil days ; the time was come in which regicides could no longer boast their wickedness . But ...
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