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be author with a sprig of myrtle ; which Mr . Hector says were written at his
request , in 1731 , for his friend Mr . Morgan Graves ; but the two accounts are not
irreconcileable , for he might give them to Mr . Hector , without thinking it material
to ...
be author with a sprig of myrtle ; which Mr . Hector says were written at his
request , in 1731 , for his friend Mr . Morgan Graves ; but the two accounts are not
irreconcileable , for he might give them to Mr . Hector , without thinking it material
to ...
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After seeing him struggle with illness and morbid melancholy , it is comfortable to
hear him say , almost at the close of life “ Attention and respect give pleasure ,
however late , and however useless . But they are not useless , even when they ...
After seeing him struggle with illness and morbid melancholy , it is comfortable to
hear him say , almost at the close of life “ Attention and respect give pleasure ,
however late , and however useless . But they are not useless , even when they ...
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... by this , judge whether your emperor is able to bridle his affections or not . "
The story is simple , and it remained for Johnson to amplify it with proper
episodes , and give it complication and variety . But he has altered the cha + 112
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... by this , judge whether your emperor is able to bridle his affections or not . "
The story is simple , and it remained for Johnson to amplify it with proper
episodes , and give it complication and variety . But he has altered the cha + 112
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This is a blessing within the reach of every man ; this we can give ourselves . ...
substituted others from modern history ; for Sejanus , he gives Cardinal Wolsey ,
Buckingham , stabbed by Felton , Strafford and Clarendon ; for Demosthenes and
...
This is a blessing within the reach of every man ; this we can give ourselves . ...
substituted others from modern history ; for Sejanus , he gives Cardinal Wolsey ,
Buckingham , stabbed by Felton , Strafford and Clarendon ; for Demosthenes and
...
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... and Winter seem the best . Many of the stanzas are exceedingly beautiful ; as
usual , moral , and unusually pathetic . They manifest , however , that his
descriptive poetry is not the production of a warm fancy , impelled to 2 - - - - - - -
give vent ...
... and Winter seem the best . Many of the stanzas are exceedingly beautiful ; as
usual , moral , and unusually pathetic . They manifest , however , that his
descriptive poetry is not the production of a warm fancy , impelled to 2 - - - - - - -
give vent ...
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