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... loft upon those of the audience who are not acquainted with the original , and upon every one who only reads the piece . Mr. Foote's works will aptly exemplify this matter ; in which , the fund of genuine Comedy , derived from happy ...
... loft upon those of the audience who are not acquainted with the original , and upon every one who only reads the piece . Mr. Foote's works will aptly exemplify this matter ; in which , the fund of genuine Comedy , derived from happy ...
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... loft in the conteft . Every perfonage , from the lord to the valet , was as witty as the author himself ; and provided good things . enow were faid , it was no matter from whom they came . Congreve , with the greatest C 2 greatest ...
... loft in the conteft . Every perfonage , from the lord to the valet , was as witty as the author himself ; and provided good things . enow were faid , it was no matter from whom they came . Congreve , with the greatest C 2 greatest ...
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... loft up and down in it , calling to one another , and endeavouring in vain to extricate themselves . The trees in many places fhot their boughs over the path , and a thick mift often refted on it ; yet never so much but that it was ...
... loft up and down in it , calling to one another , and endeavouring in vain to extricate themselves . The trees in many places fhot their boughs over the path , and a thick mift often refted on it ; yet never so much but that it was ...
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... , and accompany those who were enticed away at the call of the Paffions . They accompanied them , however , but a little way , and always forfook them when 1 when they loft fight of the hill . The tyrants 34 THE HILL OF SCIENCE ,
... , and accompany those who were enticed away at the call of the Paffions . They accompanied them , however , but a little way , and always forfook them when 1 when they loft fight of the hill . The tyrants 34 THE HILL OF SCIENCE ,
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John Aikin, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia). when they loft fight of the hill . The tyrants then doubled their chains upon the unhappy captives , and led them away without resistance to the cells of Igno- rance , or the manfions of Mifery ...
John Aikin, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia). when they loft fight of the hill . The tyrants then doubled their chains upon the unhappy captives , and led them away without resistance to the cells of Igno- rance , or the manfions of Mifery ...
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