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Page 43
... such an absurdity and confusion of stile , with such a comparative poverty of imagination , as will make him very fenfible of what I have been here advancing . Since we have therefore fuch a treafury of words , fo beautiful in ...
... such an absurdity and confusion of stile , with such a comparative poverty of imagination , as will make him very fenfible of what I have been here advancing . Since we have therefore fuch a treafury of words , fo beautiful in ...
Page 93
... such persons as have many of them no existence , but what he bestows on them . Such are fairies , witches , magicians , demons , and departed spirits . This Mr. Dry- den calls The fairy way of writing , which is , indeed , more ...
... such persons as have many of them no existence , but what he bestows on them . Such are fairies , witches , magicians , demons , and departed spirits . This Mr. Dry- den calls The fairy way of writing , which is , indeed , more ...
Page 237
... Such men clap their hands upon their hearts , and confider , what it is to have at their mercy the life of a citizen . Such would have it to fay to their own fouls , if poffible , that they were mer- ciful when they could have destroyed ...
... Such men clap their hands upon their hearts , and confider , what it is to have at their mercy the life of a citizen . Such would have it to fay to their own fouls , if poffible , that they were mer- ciful when they could have destroyed ...
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