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... written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great endearment of exist- ence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour ...
... written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great endearment of exist- ence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour ...
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... written with two c's , hicc , hocc being contracted from hicce and hocce , and were always long . Vossius on the contrary asserts that these pro- nouns were long only when they were written with the double Cc . " Ad quantitatem hujus ...
... written with two c's , hicc , hocc being contracted from hicce and hocce , and were always long . Vossius on the contrary asserts that these pro- nouns were long only when they were written with the double Cc . " Ad quantitatem hujus ...
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... written . " Notwithstanding this strong assertion , the hostility of the present generation has again brought the evidence of Milton to convict Milton , and to establish the charges of his calumniator . In opposition to this pretended ...
... written . " Notwithstanding this strong assertion , the hostility of the present generation has again brought the evidence of Milton to convict Milton , and to establish the charges of his calumniator . In opposition to this pretended ...
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... written after an interval of four years , we trace the flight of a more power- erful fancy , and distinguish beauties of a superior order mingled with defects , perhaps , of a greater magnitude . It discloses , indeed , in most of its ...
... written after an interval of four years , we trace the flight of a more power- erful fancy , and distinguish beauties of a superior order mingled with defects , perhaps , of a greater magnitude . It discloses , indeed , in most of its ...
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Charles Symmons. ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in the verses written " At a solemn Q Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmo- nious sisters , Voice and Verse , the ...
Charles Symmons. ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in the verses written " At a solemn Q Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmo- nious sisters , Voice and Verse , the ...
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