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... supply most axioms of prudence , most prin- ciples of moral truth , and most materials for con- versation ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians . Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantic ...
... supply most axioms of prudence , most prin- ciples of moral truth , and most materials for con- versation ; and these purposes are best served by poets , orators , and historians . Let me not be censured for this digression as pedantic ...
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... supply are long ago exhausted , and its inherent im- probability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
... supply are long ago exhausted , and its inherent im- probability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
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... supply but few materials for a poet . In the fate of princes the pub- lic has an interest ; and what happens to them of good or evil , the poets have always considered as business for the Muse . But after so many inaugura- tory ...
... supply but few materials for a poet . In the fate of princes the pub- lic has an interest ; and what happens to them of good or evil , the poets have always considered as business for the Muse . But after so many inaugura- tory ...
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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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