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Page 90
... kind of natural or voluntary equality , and is only to be excited by that levity and cheer- fulness which disencumbers all minds from awe and solicitude , invites the modest to freedom , and exalts the timorous to confidence . This easy ...
... kind of natural or voluntary equality , and is only to be excited by that levity and cheer- fulness which disencumbers all minds from awe and solicitude , invites the modest to freedom , and exalts the timorous to confidence . This easy ...
Page 118
... kind give to a verse the proper similitude of sound , without much labour of the writer , and such happiness is therefore rather to be attributed to fortune than skill ; yet they are sometimes combined with great propri- ety , and ...
... kind give to a verse the proper similitude of sound , without much labour of the writer , and such happiness is therefore rather to be attributed to fortune than skill ; yet they are sometimes combined with great propri- ety , and ...
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... kind ; Soldier unites with soldier , swain with swain , OVID . The mariner with him that roves the main . F. LEWIS . IT has been ordained by Providence , for the con- servation of order in the immense variety of nature , and for the ...
... kind ; Soldier unites with soldier , swain with swain , OVID . The mariner with him that roves the main . F. LEWIS . IT has been ordained by Providence , for the con- servation of order in the immense variety of nature , and for the ...
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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