The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Том 1W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, T. Lowndes, T. Cadell, T. Caslon, J. Nichols, and T. Evans, 1779 |
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... never to blame .'- It was not that he was free " from the failings of humanity , but he had the tenderness " of it too , which made every body excufe whom every " body loved , for even the afperity of his verfes feems " to have been ...
... never to blame .'- It was not that he was free " from the failings of humanity , but he had the tenderness " of it too , which made every body excufe whom every " body loved , for even the afperity of his verfes feems " to have been ...
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... never leaving the court , but when he was fent to that of France , on fome fhort commiffions and embassies of compliment : as if the king de figned to fhew the French ( who would be thought the politest nation ) , that one of the finest ...
... never leaving the court , but when he was fent to that of France , on fome fhort commiffions and embassies of compliment : as if the king de figned to fhew the French ( who would be thought the politest nation ) , that one of the finest ...
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... never to blame , He was naturally very subject to paffion ; but the fhart guft was foon over , and served only to fet off the charms of his temper , when more compofed . That very paffion broke out with a force of wit , which made even ...
... never to blame , He was naturally very subject to paffion ; but the fhart guft was foon over , and served only to fet off the charms of his temper , when more compofed . That very paffion broke out with a force of wit , which made even ...
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... never seen a court : the politenefs and civility with which this justice was administered , would convince you he never had lived out of one . He was so ftrict an obferver of his word , that no confideration whatever could make him ...
... never seen a court : the politenefs and civility with which this justice was administered , would convince you he never had lived out of one . He was so ftrict an obferver of his word , that no confideration whatever could make him ...
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... for reprint- ing fome pieces , which as they came fingly from . their firft impreffion , have ( I fancy ) lain long and quietly in Mr. Tonson's shop ; and adding b 4 others others to them , which were never before printed , [ xxiii ]
... for reprint- ing fome pieces , which as they came fingly from . their firft impreffion , have ( I fancy ) lain long and quietly in Mr. Tonson's shop ; and adding b 4 others others to them , which were never before printed , [ xxiii ]
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