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... less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , " and stranger than all the reft , that you " have broke your word with me , and failed " to come , even though you told Mr. Bois " that you would . This is what they call Monftri fimile ...
... less than hanging . Another misfortune has been , " and stranger than all the reft , that you " have broke your word with me , and failed " to come , even though you told Mr. Bois " that you would . This is what they call Monftri fimile ...
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... is supplied with great perfpicuity , and the thoughts , which to a reader of less fkill feem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though F 2 the it the English ode cannot be called a translation , COWLEY .
... is supplied with great perfpicuity , and the thoughts , which to a reader of less fkill feem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though F 2 the it the English ode cannot be called a translation , COWLEY .
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... less ; that he was equally qualified for spritely fallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among thofe who freed tranflation from fervility , and , instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his fide ; and that , if ...
... less ; that he was equally qualified for spritely fallies , and for lofty flights ; that he was among thofe who freed tranflation from fervility , and , instead of following his author at a distance , walked by his fide ; and that , if ...
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... less skilful , or at leaft lefs dexterous in the use of words ; and though they had been more frequent they could only have leffened the grace , not the ftrength of his compofition . He is one of the writers that improved our taste ...
... less skilful , or at leaft lefs dexterous in the use of words ; and though they had been more frequent they could only have leffened the grace , not the ftrength of his compofition . He is one of the writers that improved our taste ...
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... less exercife inventions , than to tell how a fhepherd has loft his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god afks another god what is become of Ly- Q 2 cidas , cidas ...
... less exercife inventions , than to tell how a fhepherd has loft his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god afks another god what is become of Ly- Q 2 cidas , cidas ...
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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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