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Page 154
They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all ...
They may be better able to analyse human nature than their predecessors . But analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to portray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all ...
Page 237
Their conferences became longer and more confidential ; and Temple began to flatter himself with the hope that he might be able to reconcile parties at home as he had reconciled hostile States abroad ; that he might be able to suggest a ...
Their conferences became longer and more confidential ; and Temple began to flatter himself with the hope that he might be able to reconcile parties at home as he had reconciled hostile States abroad ; that he might be able to suggest a ...
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And what probability was there that a mere drudge would be able to manage a large and stormy assembly , abounding with able and experienced men ? Pope has said of that wretched miser Sir John Cutler , “ Cutler saw tenants break and ...
And what probability was there that a mere drudge would be able to manage a large and stormy assembly , abounding with able and experienced men ? Pope has said of that wretched miser Sir John Cutler , “ Cutler saw tenants break and ...
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ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
MACHIAVELLI | 38 |
WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION | 73 |
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