The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... number of Tory gentlemen sent from the country to Parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , and met to animate the zeal and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great ...
... number of Tory gentlemen sent from the country to Parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , and met to animate the zeal and raise the expectations of each other . They thought , with great ...
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... number our allies . That is now no longer doubted , of which the nation was then first informed , that the war was unnecessarily protracted to fill the pockets of Marlborough ; and that it would have been continued without end , if he ...
... number our allies . That is now no longer doubted , of which the nation was then first informed , that the war was unnecessarily protracted to fill the pockets of Marlborough ; and that it would have been continued without end , if he ...
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... number at that time , when we were not yet a nation of readers . To its propagation certainly no agency of power or influence was wanting . It furnished arguments for conversation , speeches for debate , and materials for parliamentary ...
... number at that time , when we were not yet a nation of readers . To its propagation certainly no agency of power or influence was wanting . It furnished arguments for conversation , speeches for debate , and materials for parliamentary ...
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... number of particulars could never have been assembled by the power of recollection . He grew more violent , and his mental powers declined , till ( 1741 ) it was found necessary that legal guardians should be appointed of his person and ...
... number of particulars could never have been assembled by the power of recollection . He grew more violent , and his mental powers declined , till ( 1741 ) it was found necessary that legal guardians should be appointed of his person and ...
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... number may perhaps not be exact . In his economy he practised a peculiar and offensive parsi- mony , without disguise or apology . The practice of saving being once necessary , became habitual , and grew first ridiculous , and at last ...
... number may perhaps not be exact . In his economy he practised a peculiar and offensive parsi- mony , without disguise or apology . The practice of saving being once necessary , became habitual , and grew first ridiculous , and at last ...
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