Lives of the English Poets, Volumen2Oxford University Press, 1967 |
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... least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the subjects which his poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a ...
... least must be allowed to have set a good example to men of his own class , by devoting part of his time to elegant knowledge ; and who has shewn , by the subjects which his poetry has adorned , that it is practicable to be at once a ...
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... least forgetting it , to amuse himself with phantoms of happiness , which were dancing before him ; and will- ingly turned his eyes from the light of reason , when it would have discovered the illusion , and shewn him , what he never ...
... least forgetting it , to amuse himself with phantoms of happiness , which were dancing before him ; and will- ingly turned his eyes from the light of reason , when it would have discovered the illusion , and shewn him , what he never ...
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... least , of all truths respecting the same general end , in whatever series they may be produced , a concatenation by intermediate ideas may be formed , such as , when it is once shewn , shall appear natural ; but if this order be ...
... least , of all truths respecting the same general end , in whatever series they may be produced , a concatenation by intermediate ideas may be formed , such as , when it is once shewn , shall appear natural ; but if this order be ...
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