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... Pity not an Expression of strong Benevolence . 111. The Pleasures and Advantages of Industry .. 112. Ill Effects of general Familiarity and wanton rudeness ..... ........ 113. Observations on Shakspeare's King Lear 114. The Value of ...
... Pity not an Expression of strong Benevolence . 111. The Pleasures and Advantages of Industry .. 112. Ill Effects of general Familiarity and wanton rudeness ..... ........ 113. Observations on Shakspeare's King Lear 114. The Value of ...
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... pity that shall be paid him after his death : Tamen cantabitis , Arcades , inquit , Montibus bac vestris : soli cantare periti Arcades . O mihi tum quam molliter ossa quiescant , Vestra meos olim si fistula dicat amores ! -Yet , O ...
... pity that shall be paid him after his death : Tamen cantabitis , Arcades , inquit , Montibus bac vestris : soli cantare periti Arcades . O mihi tum quam molliter ossa quiescant , Vestra meos olim si fistula dicat amores ! -Yet , O ...
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... pity , and with terror tear my heart ; And snatch me , o'er the earth , or thro ' the air , To Thebes , to Athens , when he will , and where . POPE WRITERS of a mixed character , that abound in transcendent beauties and in gross ...
... pity , and with terror tear my heart ; And snatch me , o'er the earth , or thro ' the air , To Thebes , to Athens , when he will , and where . POPE WRITERS of a mixed character , that abound in transcendent beauties and in gross ...
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... pity and forgiveness : Hast thou , which art but air , a touch , a feeling Of their afflictions ; and shall not myself , One of their kind , that relish all as sharply , Passion'd as they , be kindlier mov'd than thou art ? The poet is ...
... pity and forgiveness : Hast thou , which art but air , a touch , a feeling Of their afflictions ; and shall not myself , One of their kind , that relish all as sharply , Passion'd as they , be kindlier mov'd than thou art ? The poet is ...
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... pity for the animal whose peaceful and inoffensive life was sacri- ficed to our sport . I was not , indeed , always at leisure to reflect upon her danger ; for my horse , who had been bred to the chase , did not always regard my choice ...
... pity for the animal whose peaceful and inoffensive life was sacri- ficed to our sport . I was not , indeed , always at leisure to reflect upon her danger ; for my horse , who had been bred to the chase , did not always regard my choice ...
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