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Page 129
... force were well known to the celestials , all the eyes of Heaven were turned upon the contest . Truth seemed conscious of superior power and juster claim , and therefore came on towering and majestic , unassisted and alone ; Reason ...
... force were well known to the celestials , all the eyes of Heaven were turned upon the contest . Truth seemed conscious of superior power and juster claim , and therefore came on towering and majestic , unassisted and alone ; Reason ...
Page 187
... force upon both parts of the intellectual balance , or give medicines , which , like the double poison of Dryden , destroy the force of one another . I have endeavoured sometimes to divert , and sometimes to elevate ; but have imagined ...
... force upon both parts of the intellectual balance , or give medicines , which , like the double poison of Dryden , destroy the force of one another . I have endeavoured sometimes to divert , and sometimes to elevate ; but have imagined ...
Page 309
... force at every repercussion . I know not whether any other reason than this idleness of imitation can be assigned for that uniform and constant partiality by which some vices have hitherto escaped censure , and some virtues wanted ...
... force at every repercussion . I know not whether any other reason than this idleness of imitation can be assigned for that uniform and constant partiality by which some vices have hitherto escaped censure , and some virtues wanted ...
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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