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Pagina 86
... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's ... never within the possibility of com- mitting , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty ...
... never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's ... never within the possibility of com- mitting , differs only by the infrequency of his folly from him who praises beauty ...
Pagina 128
... never moved : we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , † but little to approve . Still , however , it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and replenished by study . In the general ...
... never moved : we are sometimes surprised , but never delighted , and find much to admire , † but little to approve . Still , however , it is the work of Cowley , of a mind capacious by nature , and replenished by study . In the general ...
Pagina 150
... never so much , can never return to their former course , unless he can suppose that fountains can go up- wards , which is impossible : nay more , in the foregoing page he tells us so too . A trick of a very unfaithful memory , ' But ...
... never so much , can never return to their former course , unless he can suppose that fountains can go up- wards , which is impossible : nay more , in the foregoing page he tells us so too . A trick of a very unfaithful memory , ' But ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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