Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 - English poetry |
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... fortune has a na- tural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride sel- dom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is ...
... fortune has a na- tural tendency to kindle pride , and that pride sel- dom fails to exert itself in contempt and insult ; and if this is often the effect of hereditary wealth , and of honours enjoyed only by the merit of others , it is ...
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... fortune brought upon him from those whom he never esteemed , and with whom he never considered himself as levelled by any calamities ; and though it was not without some uneasiness that he saw some , whose friend- ship he valued ...
... fortune brought upon him from those whom he never esteemed , and with whom he never considered himself as levelled by any calamities ; and though it was not without some uneasiness that he saw some , whose friend- ship he valued ...
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... fortune . I owe my life to the royal pity , if a wretch can with propriety be said to live whose days are fewer than his sorrows , and to whom death had been but a redemption from misery . But I will suffer my pardon as my punishment ...
... fortune . I owe my life to the royal pity , if a wretch can with propriety be said to live whose days are fewer than his sorrows , and to whom death had been but a redemption from misery . But I will suffer my pardon as my punishment ...
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