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... common with others ; but his sentiments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself ; and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely that ...
... common with others ; but his sentiments were his own . Upon every subject he thought for himself ; and such was his copiousness of knowledge , that something at once remote and applicable rushed into his mind ; yet it is not likely that ...
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... common with al- most all mankind , the ambition of being upon proper occasion " a merry fellow , " and in com- mon with most of them to have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it . Nothing is less exhilarating than the ...
... common with al- most all mankind , the ambition of being upon proper occasion " a merry fellow , " and in com- mon with most of them to have been by nature , or by early habits , debarred from it . Nothing is less exhilarating than the ...
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... rich , and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . Pulla married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a 24 MILTON . FENTON 199.
... rich , and re- tired to an estate . He had probably more than common literature , as his son addresses him in one of his most elaborate Latin poems . Pulla married a gentlewoman of the name of Caston , a 24 MILTON . FENTON 199.
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... common topics : but the last is natural and beautifulwozie ai bu 18 to 279126M From Florence he went too Sienna , and from Sienna to Rome , where he was again receive 9 with kindness by the learned and the great . Holstenius , the ...
... common topics : but the last is natural and beautifulwozie ai bu 18 to 279126M From Florence he went too Sienna , and from Sienna to Rome , where he was again receive 9 with kindness by the learned and the great . Holstenius , the ...
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... common but childish imitation of pastoral life . * He now hired a lodging at the house of one Russel , a tailor in St. Bride's church - yard , and undertook the education of John and Edward Philips , his sister's sons . Finding his ...
... common but childish imitation of pastoral life . * He now hired a lodging at the house of one Russel , a tailor in St. Bride's church - yard , and undertook the education of John and Edward Philips , his sister's sons . Finding his ...
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