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Page iii
... honour of the English writers from the censure of those who unjustly prefer the French to them . Langbaine has injuriously treated Athen . Oxon . + He might have added , it was unnatural . " From bard to bard the frigid caution crept ...
... honour of the English writers from the censure of those who unjustly prefer the French to them . Langbaine has injuriously treated Athen . Oxon . + He might have added , it was unnatural . " From bard to bard the frigid caution crept ...
Page vi
... honour of the interment , and would bestow a thousand pounds on a monument in the Abbey for him . This put a stop to their procession ; and the Lord Jeffreys , with several of the gentle- men , who had alighted from their coaches , went ...
... honour of the interment , and would bestow a thousand pounds on a monument in the Abbey for him . This put a stop to their procession ; and the Lord Jeffreys , with several of the gentle- men , who had alighted from their coaches , went ...
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... honoured friend , Sir Robert How- ard , on his excellent poems , . . 65 II . To my honoured friend , Dr. Charleton , on his learned and useful works ; but more particularly his Treatise of Stone Henge , by him restored to the true ...
... honoured friend , Sir Robert How- ard , on his excellent poems , . . 65 II . To my honoured friend , Dr. Charleton , on his learned and useful works ; but more particularly his Treatise of Stone Henge , by him restored to the true ...
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... honour lost , Forced into exile from his rightful throne , He made all countries , where he came his own ; And viewing monarchs ' secret arts of sway , A royal factor for his kingdoms lay . Thus banish'd David spent abroad his time ...
... honour lost , Forced into exile from his rightful throne , He made all countries , where he came his own ; And viewing monarchs ' secret arts of sway , A royal factor for his kingdoms lay . Thus banish'd David spent abroad his time ...
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... honour , which in dangers lay ; Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew , Not to be gathered but by birds of prey . The loss and gain each fatally were great ; And still his subjects call'd aloud for war ; But peaceful kings , o'er ...
... honour , which in dangers lay ; Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew , Not to be gathered but by birds of prey . The loss and gain each fatally were great ; And still his subjects call'd aloud for war ; But peaceful kings , o'er ...
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