Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 - English poetry |
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... mankind . The dispute between the Bishop of London and the Chancellor is well known to have been for some time the chief topic of political conversation , and therefore Mr. Savage , in pursuance of his character , endeavoured to become ...
... mankind . The dispute between the Bishop of London and the Chancellor is well known to have been for some time the chief topic of political conversation , and therefore Mr. Savage , in pursuance of his character , endeavoured to become ...
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... mankind , and endeavoured to suppress that pride which inclines men to imagine that right is the con- sequence of power . His description of the various miseries which force men to seek for refuge in distant countries , af- fords ...
... mankind , and endeavoured to suppress that pride which inclines men to imagine that right is the con- sequence of power . His description of the various miseries which force men to seek for refuge in distant countries , af- fords ...
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... mankind , nor is there perhaps any writer who has less endeavoured to please by flattering the appetites or perverting the judgment . As an author , therefore , and he now ceases to in- fluence mankind in any other character , if one ...
... mankind , nor is there perhaps any writer who has less endeavoured to please by flattering the appetites or perverting the judgment . As an author , therefore , and he now ceases to in- fluence mankind in any other character , if one ...
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The Volunteer Laureat on her Majestys Birth | 172 |
THE Life of the Author | 1 |
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