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Page 102
... endeavoured to persuade the public that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation ; his " Empress of Morocco , " having first delighted the town , was carried in triumph to Whitehall , and ...
... endeavoured to persuade the public that its approbation had been to that time misplaced . Settle was a while in high reputation ; his " Empress of Morocco , " having first delighted the town , was carried in triumph to Whitehall , and ...
Page 112
... endeavoured obliquely to justify his superstition by attributing the same to some of the ancients . The letter , added to this nar- rative , leaves no doubt of his notions or prac- tice . So slight and so scanty is the knowledge which I ...
... endeavoured obliquely to justify his superstition by attributing the same to some of the ancients . The letter , added to this nar- rative , leaves no doubt of his notions or prac- tice . So slight and so scanty is the knowledge which I ...
Page 144
... endeavoured rather to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts seldom aspired to sublimity : and that , if his verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but , perhaps , to enjoy ...
... endeavoured rather to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts seldom aspired to sublimity : and that , if his verse was easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but , perhaps , to enjoy ...
Page 150
... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found some phy- sicians mean enough to solicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the Col- lege . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict ...
... endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found some phy- sicians mean enough to solicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the Col- lege . The greater part , however , enforced by a new edict ...
Page 151
... endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive precepts , but as a system of rational government , and impartial justice . NICHOLAS ROWE was born at Little Beckford , | student of the Middle ...
... endeavoured to comprehend law , not as a series of precedents , or collection of positive precepts , but as a system of rational government , and impartial justice . NICHOLAS ROWE was born at Little Beckford , | student of the Middle ...
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