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Pagina 219
... character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon freedom by a character like that of Mandeville . From any minute knowledge of his familiar manners , the intervention of sixty years has now debarred us ...
... character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon freedom by a character like that of Mandeville . From any minute knowledge of his familiar manners , the intervention of sixty years has now debarred us ...
Pagina 220
... character Swift has preserved . It was his practice , when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This artifice of mischief was admired by Stella ; and Swift ...
... character Swift has preserved . It was his practice , when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This artifice of mischief was admired by Stella ; and Swift ...
Pagina 221
... character : he who , if he had claimed it , might have obtained the diadem , was not likely to be denied the laurel . But time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame ; and Addison is to pass through futurity protected ...
... character : he who , if he had claimed it , might have obtained the diadem , was not likely to be denied the laurel . But time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame ; and Addison is to pass through futurity protected ...
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JOHN MILTON | 47 |
EARL OF ROCHESTER | 107 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 113 |
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