Major English Writers of the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Harold E. Pagliaro Free Press, 1969 - English literature |
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Page 382
... consider how exceedingly our Illustrious Moderns have eclipsed the weak glimmering Lights of the Antients , and turned them out of the Road of all fashionable Commerce , to a degree , that our choice * Town - Wits of most refined ...
... consider how exceedingly our Illustrious Moderns have eclipsed the weak glimmering Lights of the Antients , and turned them out of the Road of all fashionable Commerce , to a degree , that our choice * Town - Wits of most refined ...
Page 523
... consider the Vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow : When I see Kings lying by those who deposed them , when I consider rival Wits plac'd Side by Side , or the holy Men that divided the World with their Contests and ...
... consider the Vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow : When I see Kings lying by those who deposed them , when I consider rival Wits plac'd Side by Side , or the holy Men that divided the World with their Contests and ...
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... consider what , perhaps , may never happen , and what , when it shall happen , will laugh at human speculation . We will not endeavour to modify the motions of the elements , or to fix the destiny of kingdoms . It is our business to ...
... consider what , perhaps , may never happen , and what , when it shall happen , will laugh at human speculation . We will not endeavour to modify the motions of the elements , or to fix the destiny of kingdoms . It is our business to ...
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John Dryden 16311700 | 4 |
ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL | 11 |
MAC FLECKNOE | 37 |
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