The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 25 |
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Page 12
... live now , Under the blossom that hangs on the bough . Mr. Pope , whose Imagination has been thought by some the least of his excellencies , has , doubt- less , conceived and carried on the machinery in his " Rape of the Lock , ' with ...
... live now , Under the blossom that hangs on the bough . Mr. Pope , whose Imagination has been thought by some the least of his excellencies , has , doubt- less , conceived and carried on the machinery in his " Rape of the Lock , ' with ...
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... live in a palace and keep an equipage ; but in the exe- cution of this project , he lost the whole produce of his lottery ticket , except five hundred pounds in Bank notes , which when he would have staked he could not find . This sum ...
... live in a palace and keep an equipage ; but in the exe- cution of this project , he lost the whole produce of his lottery ticket , except five hundred pounds in Bank notes , which when he would have staked he could not find . This sum ...
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... lives the reproach of parental folly , of de- graded beauty , and perverted sense . Remember Almerine ; and let her example and thy own ex- perience teach thee , that wit and beauty , learning , affluence , and honour , are not ...
... lives the reproach of parental folly , of de- graded beauty , and perverted sense . Remember Almerine ; and let her example and thy own ex- perience teach thee , that wit and beauty , learning , affluence , and honour , are not ...
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... live without terror upon the declivity of a volcano , which the stranger ascends with an in- terrupted pace , looking round at every step , doubt- ing whether to go forward or retire , and dreading the caprice of the flames which he ...
... live without terror upon the declivity of a volcano , which the stranger ascends with an in- terrupted pace , looking round at every step , doubt- ing whether to go forward or retire , and dreading the caprice of the flames which he ...
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... lives . Tom replied , in a frantic tone , that they might possibly float to land on some parts of the wreck ; and catching up an axe , instead of attempting to disengage the mast , he began to stave the boat . Jack , whose reason was ...
... lives . Tom replied , in a frantic tone , that they might possibly float to land on some parts of the wreck ; and catching up an axe , instead of attempting to disengage the mast , he began to stave the boat . Jack , whose reason was ...
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