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Pagina 18
... faults ; negli- gences or errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness propagates itself . He that is weary the first hour , is more weary the ...
... faults ; negli- gences or errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness propagates itself . He that is weary the first hour , is more weary the ...
Pagina 144
... faults , will hear of the miseries which they brought upon him , and which would deserve less pity , had not his condition been such as made his faults pardonable . He may be considered as a child exposed to all the temptations of ...
... faults , will hear of the miseries which they brought upon him , and which would deserve less pity , had not his condition been such as made his faults pardonable . He may be considered as a child exposed to all the temptations of ...
Pagina 222
... faults . What the faults were , Lord Orrery , from whom I heard the story , had 222 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... faults . What the faults were , Lord Orrery , from whom I heard the story , had 222 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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