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If wit be well described by Pope, as being " that which has been often thought, out
was never before so well expressed," they certainly never attained, nor ever
sought it; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts, and were care] ...
If wit be well described by Pope, as being " that which has been often thought, out
was never before so well expressed," they certainly never attained, nor ever
sought it; for they endeavoured to be singular in their thoughts, and were care] ...
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He thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of sneaking,
bought and begun with servitude and ... I know not any of the articles which seem
to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts of obedience, whether canonical or^ civil,
...
He thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of sneaking,
bought and begun with servitude and ... I know not any of the articles which seem
to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts of obedience, whether canonical or^ civil,
...
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His praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated; and the thought, that she "
saves lovers, by cutting off hope, as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb,"
presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror. Of the Battle of the Summer ...
His praise of the Queen is too much exaggerated; and the thought, that she "
saves lovers, by cutting off hope, as gangrenes are cured by lopping the limb,"
presents nothing to the mind but disgust and horror. Of the Battle of the Summer ...
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As Waller professed himself to have learned the art of versification from Fairfax, it
has been thought proper to subjoin a specimen of his work, which, after Mr.
Hoole's translation, will perhaps not be soon reprinted. By knowing the state in
which ...
As Waller professed himself to have learned the art of versification from Fairfax, it
has been thought proper to subjoin a specimen of his work, which, after Mr.
Hoole's translation, will perhaps not be soon reprinted. By knowing the state in
which ...
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As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to
express those thoughts with elocution. ... a measure which he had learned from
the Gondibert of Davenant, and which he then thought the most majestick that the
...
As I have endeavoured to adorn my poem with noble thoughts, so much more to
express those thoughts with elocution. ... a measure which he had learned from
the Gondibert of Davenant, and which he then thought the most majestick that the
...
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