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... opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues and ex- cellences of all times and of all places ; we are per- petually moralists , but we are geometricians only by chance . Our intercourse ... opinion , that what 22 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
... opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues and ex- cellences of all times and of all places ; we are per- petually moralists , but we are geometricians only by chance . Our intercourse ... opinion , that what 22 LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS.
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... opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it ; that it gave him more pleasure at the second perusal , and delighted him still more at the third . It has been generally objected to The Wan- derer ...
... opinion of it , told him , that he read it once over , and was not displeased with it ; that it gave him more pleasure at the second perusal , and delighted him still more at the third . It has been generally objected to The Wan- derer ...
Pagina 223
... opinion , for it is very unequal , and some of the lines are rather inserted to rhyme to others than to support or improve the sense ; but the first and last parts are worked up with great spirit and elegance . His time was spent in the ...
... opinion , for it is very unequal , and some of the lines are rather inserted to rhyme to others than to support or improve the sense ; but the first and last parts are worked up with great spirit and elegance . His time was spent in the ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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