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... first wife , he said , " Not at all , sir . On the contrary , were he not to marry again , it might be concluded that his first A Wife , a poem , 1614 . wife had given him a disgust to marriage ; but 62 [ 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
... first wife , he said , " Not at all , sir . On the contrary , were he not to marry again , it might be concluded that his first A Wife , a poem , 1614 . wife had given him a disgust to marriage ; but 62 [ 1769 . THE LIFE OF.
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... poem : -a poem on what ? " JOHNSON . ( with a disdainful look , ) " Why , on dunces . It was worth while being a dunce then . Ah , sir , hadst thou lived in those days ! It is not worth while being a dunce now , when there are no wits ...
... poem : -a poem on what ? " JOHNSON . ( with a disdainful look , ) " Why , on dunces . It was worth while being a dunce then . Ah , sir , hadst thou lived in those days ! It is not worth while being a dunce now , when there are no wits ...
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... poem had been made outa . I defended Blackmore's supposed lines , which have been ridiculed as absolute nonsense : A painted vest prince Vortiger had on , Which from a naked Pict his grandsire wone . I maintained it to be a poetical ...
... poem had been made outa . I defended Blackmore's supposed lines , which have been ridiculed as absolute nonsense : A painted vest prince Vortiger had on , Which from a naked Pict his grandsire wone . I maintained it to be a poetical ...
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... poem called The Remonstrance , by the reverend Mr. Stockdale , to whom he was , upon many occasions , a kind protector . The following admirable minute made by him , describes so well his own state , and that of numbers to whom self ...
... poem called The Remonstrance , by the reverend Mr. Stockdale , to whom he was , upon many occasions , a kind protector . The following admirable minute made by him , describes so well his own state , and that of numbers to whom self ...
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... poem of Fingal , he said , was a mere unconnected rhapsody , a tiresome repetition of the same images . vain shall we look for the lucidus ordo , where there is nei- ther end or object , design or moral , nec certa recurrit imago ...
... poem of Fingal , he said , was a mere unconnected rhapsody , a tiresome repetition of the same images . vain shall we look for the lucidus ordo , where there is nei- ther end or object , design or moral , nec certa recurrit imago ...
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