Miscellanea from the Works of John Sheffield, Duke of BuckinghamHaworth Press, 1933 - 120 Seiten |
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... fault too late . Then learn betimes , the love which crowns Our cares , is all but wiles ; Compos'd of false fantastic frowns , And soft dissembling smiles . With anger , which sometimes they feign , They cruel tyrants prove ; And then ...
... fault too late . Then learn betimes , the love which crowns Our cares , is all but wiles ; Compos'd of false fantastic frowns , And soft dissembling smiles . With anger , which sometimes they feign , They cruel tyrants prove ; And then ...
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... faults must be , that his misfortunes drew , But such as may deserve compassion too . Besides the main design compos'd ... fault which often may befall , Is , when the wit of some great poet shall So overflow , that is , be none at all ...
... faults must be , that his misfortunes drew , But such as may deserve compassion too . Besides the main design compos'd ... fault which often may befall , Is , when the wit of some great poet shall So overflow , that is , be none at all ...
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... fault in him , and a fault which abounds so much more in all the great Wits we read of . Nay perhaps it is a fault in an author quite to want it ; for why should a man set up school , if he does not own he knows more than his scholars ...
... fault in him , and a fault which abounds so much more in all the great Wits we read of . Nay perhaps it is a fault in an author quite to want it ; for why should a man set up school , if he does not own he knows more than his scholars ...
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A SHORT LIFE OF THE DUKE | 11 |
A CHARACTER OF KING CHARLES II page | 55 |
ON FRIENDSHIP | 65 |
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