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... occasions , and nobler subjects , when habit was overpowered by the necessity of reflection , he wanted not wisdom as a statesman , or elegance as a poet . CONGREVE . WILLIAM CONGREVE descended from a family in Stafford- 2 * PRIOR . 19.
... occasions , and nobler subjects , when habit was overpowered by the necessity of reflection , he wanted not wisdom as a statesman , or elegance as a poet . CONGREVE . WILLIAM CONGREVE descended from a family in Stafford- 2 * PRIOR . 19.
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... occasion , or is dictated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
... occasion , or is dictated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and artificial , as those of Heartwell and the ladies ; or easy and common , as Wittol , a tame idiot , Bluff , a swaggering coward ...
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... occasion discover nothing but impotence and poverty . He has in these little pieces neither elevation of fancy , selection of language , nor skill in versification ; yet , if I were required to select from the whole mass of English ...
... occasion discover nothing but impotence and poverty . He has in these little pieces neither elevation of fancy , selection of language , nor skill in versification ; yet , if I were required to select from the whole mass of English ...
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... - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and She revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
... - born from the press . " It is never mentioned , and was never seen by me till I borrowed it for the present occasion . Jacob says , " it is corrected and She revised for another impression ; " but the labour of 34 BLACKMORE .
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... occasions , and on small , the mind is repelled by useless and apparent falsehood . Of his little poems the public ... occasion ; for who can much delight in the echo of unnatural fiction ? " Dione " is a counterpart to " Amynta " and ...
... occasions , and on small , the mind is repelled by useless and apparent falsehood . Of his little poems the public ... occasion ; for who can much delight in the echo of unnatural fiction ? " Dione " is a counterpart to " Amynta " and ...
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