The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... Honour , which keeps prince Volscius in a single boot , is said to have alluded to the misconduct of the Duke of Ormond , who lost Dublin to the rebels while he was toying with a mistress . THE Earl of Rochester , to suppress the reputa ...
... Honour , which keeps prince Volscius in a single boot , is said to have alluded to the misconduct of the Duke of Ormond , who lost Dublin to the rebels while he was toying with a mistress . THE Earl of Rochester , to suppress the reputa ...
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... honour , will not be thought to love Truth only for herself . Yet it may easily happen that informa- tion may come at a commodious time ; and , as truth and interest are not by any fatal necessity at variance , that one may by accident ...
... honour , will not be thought to love Truth only for herself . Yet it may easily happen that informa- tion may come at a commodious time ; and , as truth and interest are not by any fatal necessity at variance , that one may by accident ...
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... honour that any man can receive from him , which is to be railed at by him . If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me to wish a very bad wish for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his translation . By that it will ap ...
... honour that any man can receive from him , which is to be railed at by him . If I had ill - nature enough to prompt me to wish a very bad wish for him , it should be , that he would go on and finish his translation . By that it will ap ...
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... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this pri- vate manner ! No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
... honour and ornament of the nation , be buried after this pri- vate manner ! No , gentlemen , let all that loved Mr Dryden , and honour his memory , alight and join with me in gaining my lady's consent to let me have the honour of his ...
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... honour ; which his Lordship bearing , left the town : and Mr Charles Dryden could never have the satisfaction of meeting him , though he sought it till his death with the utmost application . ? * 3 THIS story I once intended to omit ...
... honour ; which his Lordship bearing , left the town : and Mr Charles Dryden could never have the satisfaction of meeting him , though he sought it till his death with the utmost application . ? * 3 THIS story I once intended to omit ...
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