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Beaconsfield , however , and even the cherished retirement of Burke , was by no
means the gaol of our pilgrimage . The true shrine was to be found four miles
farther , in the small cottage at Chalfont St. Giles , where Milton found a refuge ...
Beaconsfield , however , and even the cherished retirement of Burke , was by no
means the gaol of our pilgrimage . The true shrine was to be found four miles
farther , in the small cottage at Chalfont St. Giles , where Milton found a refuge ...
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... but by no means so well calculated to make a volume of poems extensively
known . Hence it is that the elegant and graphic description of Thames scenery
which I subjoin , although it has been published nearly ten years , will probably
have ...
... but by no means so well calculated to make a volume of poems extensively
known . Hence it is that the elegant and graphic description of Thames scenery
which I subjoin , although it has been published nearly ten years , will probably
have ...
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This only grant me , that my means may lie , Too low for envy , for contempt too
high . Some honour I would have , Not from great deeds , but good alone ; The
unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave . Acquaintance I ...
This only grant me , that my means may lie , Too low for envy , for contempt too
high . Some honour I would have , Not from great deeds , but good alone ; The
unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave . Acquaintance I ...
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may wonder , Sir , ( for this seems a little too extravagant and pindarical for prose
) , what I mean by all this preface ; it is to let you know that though I have missed ,
like a chemist , my great end , yet I account my affections and endeavours well ...
may wonder , Sir , ( for this seems a little too extravagant and pindarical for prose
) , what I mean by all this preface ; it is to let you know that though I have missed ,
like a chemist , my great end , yet I account my affections and endeavours well ...
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very flatteringly , “ for I would not have you fall into the general error of the world ,
that detests and decries so extraordinary a virtue , what can be more
extraordinary than that a person of mean birth , no fortune , no eminent qualities
of body ...
very flatteringly , “ for I would not have you fall into the general error of the world ,
that detests and decries so extraordinary a virtue , what can be more
extraordinary than that a person of mean birth , no fortune , no eminent qualities
of body ...
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