The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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... The Life of Nomentanus .HAWKES 101. Blemishes in the Paradise Lost .... .WARTON . 102. Infelicities of Retirement to Men of Business .... JOHNSON . NO . 108. Natural and adventitious Excellence , less desirable 1465879.
... The Life of Nomentanus .HAWKES 101. Blemishes in the Paradise Lost .... .WARTON . 102. Infelicities of Retirement to Men of Business .... JOHNSON . NO . 108. Natural and adventitious Excellence , less desirable 1465879.
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NO . 108. Natural and adventitious Excellence , less desirable than Virtue - Almerine and Shelimah : A Fairy Tale 104. The Fairy Tale , concluded ...... HAWKES . 105. On the Fragments of Menander ..... WARTON . 106. Insensibility of ...
NO . 108. Natural and adventitious Excellence , less desirable than Virtue - Almerine and Shelimah : A Fairy Tale 104. The Fairy Tale , concluded ...... HAWKES . 105. On the Fragments of Menander ..... WARTON . 106. Insensibility of ...
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... less ; and , perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral character , and performing what Theocritus never attempted . 66 " Yet , though I would willingly pay to Theocritus ...
... less ; and , perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral character , and performing what Theocritus never attempted . 66 " Yet , though I would willingly pay to Theocritus ...
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... less , than if our enjoyment did not thus consist in anticipation ; for by anticipation , the pleasure which would otherwise be contracted within an hour , is diffused through a week ; and if the dread which exaggerates future evil is ...
... less , than if our enjoyment did not thus consist in anticipation ; for by anticipation , the pleasure which would otherwise be contracted within an hour , is diffused through a week ; and if the dread which exaggerates future evil is ...
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... less a misfortune to myself than you , that you was not five minutes sooner in your application . The gentleman whose recommendation you bring , I wish more than any other to oblige ; but I have just pre- sented the living to the person ...
... less a misfortune to myself than you , that you was not five minutes sooner in your application . The gentleman whose recommendation you bring , I wish more than any other to oblige ; but I have just pre- sented the living to the person ...
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