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Such melancholy disappoint- ments we know to be incident to humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me particularly lament the reve- rend Thomas Warton , and the reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius ...
Such melancholy disappoint- ments we know to be incident to humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me particularly lament the reve- rend Thomas Warton , and the reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of genius ...
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In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that ...
In the strangely mixed scenes of human existence , our feelings are often at once pleasing and painful . Of this truth , the progress of the present work furnishes a striking instance . It was highly gratifying to me that ...
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I do not here include his poetical works ; for , excepting his Latin translation of Pope's Messiah , his London , and his Vanity of Human Wishes , imitated from Juvenal ; his Pro- logue on the opening of Drury - lane Theatre , by Mr.
I do not here include his poetical works ; for , excepting his Latin translation of Pope's Messiah , his London , and his Vanity of Human Wishes , imitated from Juvenal ; his Pro- logue on the opening of Drury - lane Theatre , by Mr.
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When he was informed that it so preyed upon her mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her and offered to marry her , but it was then too late : her vital power was exhausted ; and she actually exhibited ...
When he was informed that it so preyed upon her mind that her life was in danger , he with a generous humanity went to her and offered to marry her , but it was then too late : her vital power was exhausted ; and she actually exhibited ...
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... while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant . Such a proof of the early pre- dominance of intellectual vigour is very remarkable , and does honour to human nature .
... while he sat upon his back , and one on each side supported him ; and thus he was borne triumphant . Such a proof of the early pre- dominance of intellectual vigour is very remarkable , and does honour to human nature .
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