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Page xxiv
... world and enjoyed the daily company of distinguished gentlemen , but , he added , " For these last fifteen Years I have retir'd from the World , and confin'd my Conversation to 3 or 4 of my old Acquaintance . " 80 The change was drastic ...
... world and enjoyed the daily company of distinguished gentlemen , but , he added , " For these last fifteen Years I have retir'd from the World , and confin'd my Conversation to 3 or 4 of my old Acquaintance . " 80 The change was drastic ...
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... World's last Ages shall endure ; And the most lofty , most aspiring Man , Shall want th ' Assurance in his secret Pray'rs To ask such high Felicity and Fame , As Heav'n has freely granted thee ; yet this That seems so great , so ...
... World's last Ages shall endure ; And the most lofty , most aspiring Man , Shall want th ' Assurance in his secret Pray'rs To ask such high Felicity and Fame , As Heav'n has freely granted thee ; yet this That seems so great , so ...
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... World with Reason say , We lavish'd at our Deaths the Blood of thousands , To grace our Fall , and make our Ruine glorious ? Why no : The World could not with reason say , that he lavish'd at his Death the Blood of thousands , for doing ...
... World with Reason say , We lavish'd at our Deaths the Blood of thousands , To grace our Fall , and make our Ruine glorious ? Why no : The World could not with reason say , that he lavish'd at his Death the Blood of thousands , for doing ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
Copyright | |
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