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... expected from so great a man . ' " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley 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 ...
... expected from so great a man . ' " What firmness they expected , or what weakness Cowley 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 ...
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... expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retired discontented into Surrey . ' " He was now , says the courtly Sprat , Iweary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed ...
... expected , while others for their money carried away most places , he retired discontented into Surrey . ' " He was now , says the courtly Sprat , Iweary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed ...
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... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his in- troduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends ...
... expected ; yet to him Milton owed his in- troduction to Manso , Marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted with his accomplishments to honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends ...
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... expected the " Paradise Lost . " " We may be sure , at least , that Dr. Johnson had never seen the book he speaks of ; for it is entirely composed in English , though its title begins with two Latin words , " Theatrum Poetarum ; or , a ...
... expected the " Paradise Lost . " " We may be sure , at least , that Dr. Johnson had never seen the book he speaks of ; for it is entirely composed in English , though its title begins with two Latin words , " Theatrum Poetarum ; or , a ...
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... expected all the advan- tages of a conjugal life . The lady , however , seems not much to have delighted in the pleasures of spare diet and hard study : for , as Philips relates , having for a month led a philosophic life , after having ...
... expected all the advan- tages of a conjugal life . The lady , however , seems not much to have delighted in the pleasures of spare diet and hard study : for , as Philips relates , having for a month led a philosophic life , after having ...
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