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... claim , Had God and virtue raised the noble flame ; But ah ! how lewd a subject has he sung , While vile obscenity profanes his tongue . PRUDENT . F. LEWIS . AMONG those whose hopes of distinction or riches arise from an opinion of ...
... claim , Had God and virtue raised the noble flame ; But ah ! how lewd a subject has he sung , While vile obscenity profanes his tongue . PRUDENT . F. LEWIS . AMONG those whose hopes of distinction or riches arise from an opinion of ...
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... claims the honours which are not due but to the author , and endeavours to de- ceive the world into praise and ... claim as peculiarly their own , can seldom add more than some small particle of knowledge to the hereditary stock ...
... claims the honours which are not due but to the author , and endeavours to de- ceive the world into praise and ... claim as peculiarly their own , can seldom add more than some small particle of knowledge to the hereditary stock ...
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... claim to pardon than that they have devi- ated from the right less than others , and have sooner and more diligently endeavoured to return . One of the chief characteristics of the golden age , of the age in which neither care nor ...
... claim to pardon than that they have devi- ated from the right less than others , and have sooner and more diligently endeavoured to return . One of the chief characteristics of the golden age , of the age in which neither care nor ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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