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Pagina 158
... that genius by which they are supported ; but to that intemperate desire of pleasure , and habitual slavery to his passions , which involved him in many perplexities . He happened at that time 158 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
... that genius by which they are supported ; but to that intemperate desire of pleasure , and habitual slavery to his passions , which involved him in many perplexities . He happened at that time 158 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
Pagina 238
... desire of excellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred by proposing subjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revisals ; after which the old ...
... desire of excellence . His primary and principal purpose was to be a poet , with which his father accidentally concurred by proposing subjects , and obliging him to correct his performances by many revisals ; after which the old ...
Pagina 308
... desire of artificial good . No man therefore can be born , in the strict acceptation , a lover of money , for he may be born where money does not exist : nor can he be born , in a moral sense , a lover of his country ; for society ...
... desire of artificial good . No man therefore can be born , in the strict acceptation , a lover of money , for he may be born where money does not exist : nor can he be born , in a moral sense , a lover of his country ; for society ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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