Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 |
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... says he , or more inhuman , than to propose to me a question , by the answering of which 1 might , according to them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwithstanding their solemn promise that nothing which I could say should hurt myself ...
... says he , or more inhuman , than to propose to me a question , by the answering of which 1 might , according to them , prove myself a traitor ? And notwithstanding their solemn promise that nothing which I could say should hurt myself ...
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... says the critick , ' can wit be scorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a figure frequently employed in Hibernian land ? The person that wants this wit may indeed be scorned , but the scorn shews the honour which the contemner has for wit ...
... says the critick , ' can wit be scorn'd where it is not ? Is not this a figure frequently employed in Hibernian land ? The person that wants this wit may indeed be scorned , but the scorn shews the honour which the contemner has for wit ...
Pagina 419
... says he , " the following pieces in four volumes to be the most excuseable of all that I have written ; and I wish less apology was needful for these . As there is no recalling what is got abroad , the pieces here repub- lished I have ...
... says he , " the following pieces in four volumes to be the most excuseable of all that I have written ; and I wish less apology was needful for these . As there is no recalling what is got abroad , the pieces here repub- lished I have ...
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