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... minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable ele- elegance , and to have known that the business of ΤΟ COWLE Y.
... minds are more on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his reputation than as they fhew him to have been above the affectation of unfeasonable ele- elegance , and to have known that the business of ΤΟ COWLE Y.
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Samuel Johnson. elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetorick . One paffage , however , feems not unwor- thy of fome notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation ...
Samuel Johnson. elegance , and to have known that the business of a statesman can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetorick . One paffage , however , feems not unwor- thy of fome notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation ...
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... known . He that miffes 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 when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things ad ...
... known . He that miffes 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 when the end is to please the multitude , no man , perhaps , has a right , in things ad ...
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... known . I must therefore recom- mend the perufal of his work , to which my narration can be confidered only as a flender fupplement . COWLEY , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual ...
... known . I must therefore recom- mend the perufal of his work , to which my narration can be confidered only as a flender fupplement . COWLEY , like other poets who have written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing intellectual ...
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... known , The foil's all barren fand , or rocky ftone . COWLEY A Lover , burnt up by his affection , is com- pared to Egypt : The fate of Egypt I sustain , And never feel the dew of rain From clouds which in the head appear ; But all my ...
... known , The foil's all barren fand , or rocky ftone . COWLEY A Lover , burnt up by his affection , is com- pared to Egypt : The fate of Egypt I sustain , And never feel the dew of rain From clouds which in the head appear ; But all my ...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work Samuel Johnson Visualização completa - 1795 |
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