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... tion ; but if by a mistaken pursuit after fame , or through human infirmity , any false step be made in the more momentous concerns of life , the whole scheme of ambitious designs is broken and disappointed . The smaller stains and ...
... tion ; but if by a mistaken pursuit after fame , or through human infirmity , any false step be made in the more momentous concerns of life , the whole scheme of ambitious designs is broken and disappointed . The smaller stains and ...
Page 171
... tion of words , the turning the adjective into a substantive , with several other foreign modes of speech which this poet has naturalized , to give his verse the greater sound , and throw it out of prose . The third method mentioned by ...
... tion of words , the turning the adjective into a substantive , with several other foreign modes of speech which this poet has naturalized , to give his verse the greater sound , and throw it out of prose . The third method mentioned by ...
Page 193
... tion , even despair itself , within the rules of de- cency , honour , good - breeding ; and since there is none can flatter himself his life will be always fortunate , they may here see sorrow , as they would wish to bear it whenever it ...
... tion , even despair itself , within the rules of de- cency , honour , good - breeding ; and since there is none can flatter himself his life will be always fortunate , they may here see sorrow , as they would wish to bear it whenever it ...
Contents
VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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