The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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... sometimes the devotion , and sometimes the entertainment of the first generation of man- kind . Theocritus united elegance with simplicity ; and taught his shepherds to sign with so much ease and harmony , that his countrymen despairing ...
... sometimes the devotion , and sometimes the entertainment of the first generation of man- kind . Theocritus united elegance with simplicity ; and taught his shepherds to sign with so much ease and harmony , that his countrymen despairing ...
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... sometimes blamable for the conduct of his fables , which have no unity ; and sometimes for his diction , which is obscure and turgid ; so his characteristical excellences may pos- VOL . XXI . 2 sibly be reduced to these three general ...
... sometimes blamable for the conduct of his fables , which have no unity ; and sometimes for his diction , which is obscure and turgid ; so his characteristical excellences may pos- VOL . XXI . 2 sibly be reduced to these three general ...
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... Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometimes voices , That , if I then had waked after long sleep , Will make me sleep again : and then , in dreaming , The clouds , methought , would open , and ...
... Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears ; and sometimes voices , That , if I then had waked after long sleep , Will make me sleep again : and then , in dreaming , The clouds , methought , would open , and ...
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... legislature , as productive not only of private but of public evil ; yet there is one species to which all are sometimes invited , which equally encourages the hope of idleness , and relaxes the vigour 26 NO . 94 . ADVENTURER .
... legislature , as productive not only of private but of public evil ; yet there is one species to which all are sometimes invited , which equally encourages the hope of idleness , and relaxes the vigour 26 NO . 94 . ADVENTURER .
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... sometimes balls and sere- nades , sometimes tournaments and adventures , have been employed to melt the hearts of ladies , who in another century have been sensible of scarce any other merit than that of riches , and listened only to ...
... sometimes balls and sere- nades , sometimes tournaments and adventures , have been employed to melt the hearts of ladies , who in another century have been sensible of scarce any other merit than that of riches , and listened only to ...
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