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... Poet , 389 A Letter to a very young Lady on her Marriage , 415 Resolutions when I come to be old , 4.29 Thoughts on various subjects , 431 Thoughts on various subjects continued , 443 A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding , Hints ...
... Poet , 389 A Letter to a very young Lady on her Marriage , 415 Resolutions when I come to be old , 4.29 Thoughts on various subjects , 431 Thoughts on various subjects continued , 443 A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding , Hints ...
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... poets , especially Eng- lish ; but I remember there is in some of Mr Cowley's love verses a strain , that I thought ex- traordinary at fifteen , and have often since ima- gined it to be spoken by Ireland . " Forbid it , Heaven , my life ...
... poets , especially Eng- lish ; but I remember there is in some of Mr Cowley's love verses a strain , that I thought ex- traordinary at fifteen , and have often since ima- gined it to be spoken by Ireland . " Forbid it , Heaven , my life ...
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... poets , that he had . three heads , which the author says he shall have again : that is , Spain shall have three kings ; which is now wonderfully verified ; for beside the king of Portugal , which properly is part of Spain , there are ...
... poets , that he had . three heads , which the author says he shall have again : that is , Spain shall have three kings ; which is now wonderfully verified ; for beside the king of Portugal , which properly is part of Spain , there are ...
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... poetry , and a general acquaintance with books of travels , and moral and entertaining discourses it seems very doubtful , whe- ther most ladies , who advance into abstruser branches of know- ledge , do not lose more than they can ...
... poetry , and a general acquaintance with books of travels , and moral and entertaining discourses it seems very doubtful , whe- ther most ladies , who advance into abstruser branches of know- ledge , do not lose more than they can ...
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... Poet . ver . 11 . This is the true art of raillery , when a man turns another into ridicule , and shews at the same time he is in good humour , and not urged on by malice against the person he rallies . Obadiah Greenhat has hit this ...
... Poet . ver . 11 . This is the true art of raillery , when a man turns another into ridicule , and shews at the same time he is in good humour , and not urged on by malice against the person he rallies . Obadiah Greenhat has hit this ...
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