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Pagina 98
... common duty of living in quiet , to be rewarded with the common right of protection : but this , which , when he sculked from the approach of his King , was perhaps more than he hoped , seems not to have satisfied him ; for no sooner is ...
... common duty of living in quiet , to be rewarded with the common right of protection : but this , which , when he sculked from the approach of his King , was perhaps more than he hoped , seems not to have satisfied him ; for no sooner is ...
Pagina 151
... common places of artificial courtship . They are commonly smooth and easy ; but have little nature , and little sentiment . His imitation of Horace on Lucilius is not inelegant or unhappy . In the reign of Charles the Second began that ...
... common places of artificial courtship . They are commonly smooth and easy ; but have little nature , and little sentiment . His imitation of Horace on Lucilius is not inelegant or unhappy . In the reign of Charles the Second began that ...
Pagina 211
... common notions , and equal to common expectations ; such a state as affords plenty and tranquillity , without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps no composition in our language has been oftener perused than Pomfret's Choice ...
... common notions , and equal to common expectations ; such a state as affords plenty and tranquillity , without exclusion of intellectual pleasures . Perhaps no composition in our language has been oftener perused than Pomfret's Choice ...
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