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Page 14
... Seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by several expedients ; particularly by the mortification which the great adversary of mankind meets with upon his return to the ...
... Seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by several expedients ; particularly by the mortification which the great adversary of mankind meets with upon his return to the ...
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... seem to have probability enough for an Epic Poem , particularly in the actions which he ascribes to Sin and Death , and the picture which he draws of the Limbo of Vanity , with other passages in the second book . Such allegories rather ...
... seem to have probability enough for an Epic Poem , particularly in the actions which he ascribes to Sin and Death , and the picture which he draws of the Limbo of Vanity , with other passages in the second book . Such allegories rather ...
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... Seems ambitious of letting us know , by his excursions on free - will and predestination , and his many glances upon history , astronomy , geography , V. B * See No. 273 . 1 phy , and the like , as well as ''s degressio ...
... Seems ambitious of letting us know , by his excursions on free - will and predestination , and his many glances upon history , astronomy , geography , V. B * See No. 273 . 1 phy , and the like , as well as ''s degressio ...
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... seem born with him , or inspired , than drawn from books and systems . I have often wondered how Mr. DRYDEN could translate a passage out of VIRGIL after the following manner : " Tack to the larboard and stand off to sea , Veer ...
... seem born with him , or inspired , than drawn from books and systems . I have often wondered how Mr. DRYDEN could translate a passage out of VIRGIL after the following manner : " Tack to the larboard and stand off to sea , Veer ...
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... which she made in my family ; but she told me , I was no longer to consider myself as Sir JOHN ANVIL , but as her husband ; and added with a frown , frown , that I did not seem to know who 26 THE SPECTATOR . NO . 299 .
... which she made in my family ; but she told me , I was no longer to consider myself as Sir JOHN ANVIL , but as her husband ; and added with a frown , frown , that I did not seem to know who 26 THE SPECTATOR . NO . 299 .
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