The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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Page 208
... wish is full to riot and to rail . In full - blown dignity , see Wolsey stand , Law in his voice , and fortune in his hand : 90 100 To him the church , the realm , their pow'rs consign , Thro ' him the rays of regal bounty shine , Turn ...
... wish is full to riot and to rail . In full - blown dignity , see Wolsey stand , Law in his voice , and fortune in his hand : 90 100 To him the church , the realm , their pow'rs consign , Thro ' him the rays of regal bounty shine , Turn ...
Page 408
... wish , Sir , to repeal the Boston Port Bill , be- cause ( independently of the dangerous precedent of suspending the rights of the subject during the king's pleasure ) it was passed , as I apprehend , with less regularity , and on more ...
... wish , Sir , to repeal the Boston Port Bill , be- cause ( independently of the dangerous precedent of suspending the rights of the subject during the king's pleasure ) it was passed , as I apprehend , with less regularity , and on more ...
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... wish to deserve their fortune , or to retain their bequests . Let us add , if we please , but let us preserve what they have left ; and stand- ing on the firm ground of the British constitution , let us be satisfied to admire , rather ...
... wish to deserve their fortune , or to retain their bequests . Let us add , if we please , but let us preserve what they have left ; and stand- ing on the firm ground of the British constitution , let us be satisfied to admire , rather ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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