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... discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets , or assisted them by intelligence or any other act . If he only pro- mised to be quiet ...
... discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be inquired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets , or assisted them by intelligence or any other act . If he only pro- mised to be quiet ...
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... discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and By May's Poem we are to understand a continuation of " Lucan's ...
... discovered , cannot be known . He that misses his end will never be as much pleased as he that attains it , even when he can impute no part of his failure to himself ; and By May's Poem we are to understand a continuation of " Lucan's ...
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... discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations ...
... discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently unlike . Of wit , thus defined , they have more than enough . The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together ; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations ...
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... discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes with him in joy to share . - DONNE.Lecleor on Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and such as no figures or licence can reconcile to ...
... discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes with him in joy to share . - DONNE.Lecleor on Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd , and such as no figures or licence can reconcile to ...
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... discovered that any staff was too lyrical for an heroic poem ; but this seems to have been known before by May and Sandys , the translators of the Pharsalia and the Metamorphoses . In the Davideis are some hemistichs , or verses left ...
... discovered that any staff was too lyrical for an heroic poem ; but this seems to have been known before by May and Sandys , the translators of the Pharsalia and the Metamorphoses . In the Davideis are some hemistichs , or verses left ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... Samuel Johnson,Sir Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1871 |
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