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... more estimable and superior purposes of matrimony useless , and almost lifeless ; and what a solace , what a fit help such a consort would be through the whole life of a man , is less pain to conjecture , than to have experience .
... more estimable and superior purposes of matrimony useless , and almost lifeless ; and what a solace , what a fit help such a consort would be through the whole life of a man , is less pain to conjecture , than to have experience .
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over the whole field of literature , and in every direction ; and it required all his learning , collected by painful study during the best years of his life , long deposited in his memory , and remoulded by his genius , to build up his ...
over the whole field of literature , and in every direction ; and it required all his learning , collected by painful study during the best years of his life , long deposited in his memory , and remoulded by his genius , to build up his ...
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... after a long and painful illness , which she sustained with Christian fortitude and patience , Mrs. Elizabeth Foster , granddaughter of Milton . ' This paragraph from a contemporary newspaper , is preserved in the Memoirs of T.
... after a long and painful illness , which she sustained with Christian fortitude and patience , Mrs. Elizabeth Foster , granddaughter of Milton . ' This paragraph from a contemporary newspaper , is preserved in the Memoirs of T.
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To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal ; but his doom Reserv'd him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him ; round ...
To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal ; but his doom Reserv'd him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him ; round ...
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... Strongly to suffer and support our pains ? That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service , as his thralls By right of war , whate'er his business be , 140 Invincible ] v . Eschyli Prometheus , ver . 1060 .
... Strongly to suffer and support our pains ? That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service , as his thralls By right of war , whate'er his business be , 140 Invincible ] v . Eschyli Prometheus , ver . 1060 .
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