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Page 14
... persons who had given themselves up to liter- ature , or to the task of pleasing the public , it seemed to me , that the circumstances which chiefly affected their happiness and character , were those from which Horace has bestowed upon ...
... persons who had given themselves up to liter- ature , or to the task of pleasing the public , it seemed to me , that the circumstances which chiefly affected their happiness and character , were those from which Horace has bestowed upon ...
Page 15
... persons who had fallen into such errors , I concluded there could be no occasion for imitating them in their mistakes , or what I considered as such ; and , in adopting literary pursuits as the prin- cipal occupation of my future life ...
... persons who had fallen into such errors , I concluded there could be no occasion for imitating them in their mistakes , or what I considered as such ; and , in adopting literary pursuits as the prin- cipal occupation of my future life ...
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... persons of that profession are glad to take refuge , when they feel themselves , or are judged by others , incompetent to aspire to its higher honours . Upon such a post an author might hope to retreat , without any perceptible ...
... persons of that profession are glad to take refuge , when they feel themselves , or are judged by others , incompetent to aspire to its higher honours . Upon such a post an author might hope to retreat , without any perceptible ...
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... , when most of the person- ages actually flourished . The time occupied by the action is three Nights and Three Days . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST INTRODUCTION 31 THE Poem, now offered to the Public, is ...
... , when most of the person- ages actually flourished . The time occupied by the action is three Nights and Three Days . THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL . CANTO FIRST INTRODUCTION 31 THE Poem, now offered to the Public, is ...
Page 47
... the latter case , the person of the sage never after throws any shade ; and those , who have thus lost their shadow , always prove the best magicians . Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms Canto I 47 THE LAST MINSTREL .
... the latter case , the person of the sage never after throws any shade ; and those , who have thus lost their shadow , always prove the best magicians . Till to her bidding she could bow The viewless forms Canto I 47 THE LAST MINSTREL .
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