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The introduction to the Epistle on Riches he says , was in the same condition , and underwent the same reform by Pope . Mr. Bowles appears to attribute some importance to these alterations ; but , if he had ...
The introduction to the Epistle on Riches he says , was in the same condition , and underwent the same reform by Pope . Mr. Bowles appears to attribute some importance to these alterations ; but , if he had ...
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He thanks you not , his pride is in piquet , 85 Newmarket fame , and judgment at a bet.8 What made ( say Montaigne , or more sage Charron ! ) Otho a warrior , Cromwell a buffoon ? « 6 [ Catius is Charles Dartineuf , whom Gay calls a ...
He thanks you not , his pride is in piquet , 85 Newmarket fame , and judgment at a bet.8 What made ( say Montaigne , or more sage Charron ! ) Otho a warrior , Cromwell a buffoon ? « 6 [ Catius is Charles Dartineuf , whom Gay calls a ...
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The alteration , as Warton says , is for the worse , because drunkenness was not a vice of Cæsar's , and , indeed , could not co - exist with his ambition and energy of character . ] 150 155 160 We prize the stronger effort of his 8 ...
The alteration , as Warton says , is for the worse , because drunkenness was not a vice of Cæsar's , and , indeed , could not co - exist with his ambition and energy of character . ] 150 155 160 We prize the stronger effort of his 8 ...
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Next to Cleopatra she was the most beloved of all Cæsar's mistresses ; and Suetonius says , Cæsar bought for her a single jewel at the price of £ 50,000 . ” ] 215 220 225 In this the lust , in that 10 [ EP . I. MORAL ESSAYS .
Next to Cleopatra she was the most beloved of all Cæsar's mistresses ; and Suetonius says , Cæsar bought for her a single jewel at the price of £ 50,000 . ” ] 215 220 225 In this the lust , in that 10 [ EP . I. MORAL ESSAYS .
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Warton says , that Sir William Bateman “ used those very words , " assigned to Euclio on his death - bed ; and the critic adds - " No comic nor satiric writer has ever carried his descriptions of avarice or gluttony so far as what has ...
Warton says , that Sir William Bateman “ used those very words , " assigned to Euclio on his death - bed ; and the critic adds - " No comic nor satiric writer has ever carried his descriptions of avarice or gluttony so far as what has ...
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