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... thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but al- ways either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound . It is said by Denham in his elegy , To him no author was unknown , Yet what he ...
... thought , but with little imagery ; that he is never pathetic , and rarely sublime ; but al- ways either ingenious or learned , either acute or profound . It is said by Denham in his elegy , To him no author was unknown , Yet what he ...
Page 19
... thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb ap ... thoughts , first presents itself to the intellectual eye : and The if the first appearance offends , a further know- lege ...
... thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb ap ... thoughts , first presents itself to the intellectual eye : and The if the first appearance offends , a further know- lege ...
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... thought of being late , so it gives advantage to be more fit . " 290 91One of his objections to academical education , as it was then conducted , mis , that men designed for orders in the church were permitted to act plays , writhing ...
... thought of being late , so it gives advantage to be more fit . " 290 91One of his objections to academical education , as it was then conducted , mis , that men designed for orders in the church were permitted to act plays , writhing ...
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... thought friends to the new commonwealth ; and even in the year of the Restoration he bated no jot of heart or hope , but was fantastical enough to think that the nation , agitated as it was , might be settled by a pamphlet , called ...
... thought friends to the new commonwealth ; and even in the year of the Restoration he bated no jot of heart or hope , but was fantastical enough to think that the nation , agitated as it was , might be settled by a pamphlet , called ...
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... thought women made only for obedience , and man only for rebellion . Of his family some account may be expected . His sister first married to Mr. Philips , after- wards married to Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded ...
... thought women made only for obedience , and man only for rebellion . Of his family some account may be expected . His sister first married to Mr. Philips , after- wards married to Mr. Agar , a friend of her first husband , who succeeded ...
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