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... in sickness ; and besides , I wish to show that alarming body of people , called “
some persons , ” that the most unaccommodating politician need not absolutely
want friends , and warm ones , even among those who have ininds of their own .
... in sickness ; and besides , I wish to show that alarming body of people , called “
some persons , ” that the most unaccommodating politician need not absolutely
want friends , and warm ones , even among those who have ininds of their own .
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vi DEDICATION . ject of poetry , with some little exception , perhaps , as to your
old friend Ben Jonson , we are generally agreed ; and no two persons can be
more firmly persuaded , that there is but one thing happier than friendship , and ...
vi DEDICATION . ject of poetry , with some little exception , perhaps , as to your
old friend Ben Jonson , we are generally agreed ; and no two persons can be
more firmly persuaded , that there is but one thing happier than friendship , and ...
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He has many warm feelings upon every subject of public concern , poetical as
well as political , but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered , still ' less of a personal
nature , * and least of all , if possiPREFACE , ble , towards such persons as might
...
He has many warm feelings upon every subject of public concern , poetical as
well as political , but none , he trusts , of an ill tempered , still ' less of a personal
nature , * and least of all , if possiPREFACE , ble , towards such persons as might
...
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PREFACE , ble , towards such persons as might be supposed the most to have
excited them . For some of these persons , who are men of virtue as well as ability
, he has all the respect which their own eccentricities will allow ; and for others ...
PREFACE , ble , towards such persons as might be supposed the most to have
excited them . For some of these persons , who are men of virtue as well as ability
, he has all the respect which their own eccentricities will allow ; and for others ...
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( 6 ) “ Your majesty , then , ” said the Gaius , “ don ' t know That a person nam ' d
Crabbe has been waiting below ? He has taken his chair in the kitchen , they say
” “ Indeed ! ” said Apollo , “ O pray let him stay : He ' ll be much better pleased to ...
( 6 ) “ Your majesty , then , ” said the Gaius , “ don ' t know That a person nam ' d
Crabbe has been waiting below ? He has taken his chair in the kitchen , they say
” “ Indeed ! ” said Apollo , “ O pray let him stay : He ' ll be much better pleased to ...
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| Title | The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Publisher | J. Cawthorn, 1814 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 157 pages |
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