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Page 7
... took the place of Mars . St Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Cas tor and Polux . The Virgin Mother and Cicilia succeeded to Venus and the Muses . The fas cination of sex and loveliness was again joined to that of celestial ...
... took the place of Mars . St Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Cas tor and Polux . The Virgin Mother and Cicilia succeeded to Venus and the Muses . The fas cination of sex and loveliness was again joined to that of celestial ...
Page 18
... took his own stand upon those which the great body of his countrymen reprobated as criminal , or derided as para doxical . He stood up for divorce and regicide . He ridiculed the Eikon . He attacked the pre- vailing systems of education ...
... took his own stand upon those which the great body of his countrymen reprobated as criminal , or derided as para doxical . He stood up for divorce and regicide . He ridiculed the Eikon . He attacked the pre- vailing systems of education ...
Page 49
... took no pains to make bet- ter . He was not , like most persons who rise to eminence , dissatisfied even with his best productions . He had set up no unattainable standard of perfection , the contemplation of The advantages which Dryden ...
... took no pains to make bet- ter . He was not , like most persons who rise to eminence , dissatisfied even with his best productions . He had set up no unattainable standard of perfection , the contemplation of The advantages which Dryden ...
Page 72
... took in this most reprehensible scheme , much of the severity , with which the Protestants were afterwards treated , must in fairness be ascribed . The plot failed ; popery triumphed ; and Cranmer recanted . Most people look on his ...
... took in this most reprehensible scheme , much of the severity , with which the Protestants were afterwards treated , must in fairness be ascribed . The plot failed ; popery triumphed ; and Cranmer recanted . Most people look on his ...
Page 81
... took the side of the king on this question would have ursed their own loyalty if they had seen him return from war at the head of twenty thou- sand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We do not dispute that the ...
... took the side of the king on this question would have ursed their own loyalty if they had seen him return from war at the head of twenty thou- sand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We do not dispute that the ...
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