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Pagina xv
... better example . ' And , upon the other hand , when he is brought face to face with the pastoral atmosphere of Lycidas , he finds it ' vulgar and disgusting , ' while the elaborate machinery of The Rape of the Lock is praised as a ...
... better example . ' And , upon the other hand , when he is brought face to face with the pastoral atmosphere of Lycidas , he finds it ' vulgar and disgusting , ' while the elaborate machinery of The Rape of the Lock is praised as a ...
Pagina 28
... better taste ; If it take air before , its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels , and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of com- passes , it may be doubted whether absurdity or in- genuity has the better ...
... better taste ; If it take air before , its spirits waste . To the following comparison of a man that travels , and his wife that stays at home , with a pair of com- passes , it may be doubted whether absurdity or in- genuity has the better ...
Pagina 76
... better she is ever kecking at , and is queasy : she vomits now out of sickness ; but before it be well with her , she must vomit by strong physick . The university , in the time of her better health , and my younger judgement , I never ...
... better she is ever kecking at , and is queasy : she vomits now out of sickness ; but before it be well with her , she must vomit by strong physick . The university , in the time of her better health , and my younger judgement , I never ...
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