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The elder of the two not suddenly enterwhich hath ever since been called a salute . Who- ing into Lord Peter's conceit , began with very civil ever walked by without paying him their compli- language to examine the mystery .
The elder of the two not suddenly enterwhich hath ever since been called a salute . Who- ing into Lord Peter's conceit , began with very civil ever walked by without paying him their compli- language to examine the mystery .
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Lord Chesterfield , to whom Johnson had paid the high compliment of addressing to his Lordship the Plan of his Dictionary , had behaved to him in such a manner as to excite his contempt and indignation . The world has been for many ...
Lord Chesterfield , to whom Johnson had paid the high compliment of addressing to his Lordship the Plan of his Dictionary , had behaved to him in such a manner as to excite his contempt and indignation . The world has been for many ...
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The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love , and found him a native of the rocks . Is not a Patron , my Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water , and , when he has reached ground ...
The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love , and found him a native of the rocks . Is not a Patron , my Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water , and , when he has reached ground ...
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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