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Pagina 103
... knew human nature only in the gross , and had never studied the shades of character , nor the combinations of concurring , or the perplexity of contending , passions . He had read much , and knew what books could teach , but had mingled ...
... knew human nature only in the gross , and had never studied the shades of character , nor the combinations of concurring , or the perplexity of contending , passions . He had read much , and knew what books could teach , but had mingled ...
Pagina 191
... knew to whom he should be opposed . He had more music than Waller , more vigour than Denham , and more nature than Cowley ; and from his contemporaries he was in no danger . Standing therefore in the highest place , he had no care to ...
... knew to whom he should be opposed . He had more music than Waller , more vigour than Denham , and more nature than Cowley ; and from his contemporaries he was in no danger . Standing therefore in the highest place , he had no care to ...
Pagina 218
... knew the heart of man from the depths of stratagem to the surface of affectation . What he knew he could easily communicate . " This , " says Steele , " was particular in this writer , that , when he had taken his resolution , or made ...
... knew the heart of man from the depths of stratagem to the surface of affectation . What he knew he could easily communicate . " This , " says Steele , " was particular in this writer , that , when he had taken his resolution , or made ...
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JOHN MILTON | 47 |
EARL OF ROCHESTER | 107 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 113 |
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