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Page 10
... elegance of dress , and therefore miss the notice and the praise which are often gained by those who think less , but are more di- ligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley ...
... elegance of dress , and therefore miss the notice and the praise which are often gained by those who think less , but are more di- ligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality , is by Cowley ...
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... elegance , and the conclu- sion below it in strength . The connexion is supplied with great perspicuity ; and thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown to- gether by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though ...
... elegance , and the conclu- sion below it in strength . The connexion is supplied with great perspicuity ; and thoughts , which to a reader of less skill seem thrown to- gether by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though ...
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... elegance , • His forces seem'd no army , but a crowd Heartless , unarm'd , disorderly , and loud- he gives them a fit of the ague . The allusions , however , are not always to vulgar things ; he offends by exaggeration as much as by ...
... elegance , • His forces seem'd no army , but a crowd Heartless , unarm'd , disorderly , and loud- he gives them a fit of the ague . The allusions , however , are not always to vulgar things ; he offends by exaggeration as much as by ...
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... elegance . If any exceptions can be e made , they every few Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth s He had likewise a daughter , Anne , whom he reign , however they have succeeded in prose , no married with considerable fortune to ...
... elegance . If any exceptions can be e made , they every few Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth s He had likewise a daughter , Anne , whom he reign , however they have succeeded in prose , no married with considerable fortune to ...
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... elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily but , hearing of the differences be- King and parliament , he thought it Proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life countrymen in foreign amusements while his c ...
... elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily but , hearing of the differences be- King and parliament , he thought it Proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life countrymen in foreign amusements while his c ...
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