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... allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never contri- buted deliberately to spread corruption among man- kind ; his actions , which were generally ...
... allowed him , that he always preserved a strong sense of the dignity , the beauty , and the necessity of virtue , and that he never contri- buted deliberately to spread corruption among man- kind ; his actions , which were generally ...
Page xciv
... allowed amply to com- pensate his omissions , by expatiating in the conclu- sion of his work upon a kind of beneficence not yet celebrated by any eminent poet , though it now ap- pears more susceptible of embellishments , more a- dapted ...
... allowed amply to com- pensate his omissions , by expatiating in the conclu- sion of his work upon a kind of beneficence not yet celebrated by any eminent poet , though it now ap- pears more susceptible of embellishments , more a- dapted ...
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... allowed , in justification of the public , that this performance is not the most ex- cellent of Mr. Savage's works ; and that though it cannot be denied to contain many striking senti- ments , majestic lines , and just observations , it ...
... allowed , in justification of the public , that this performance is not the most ex- cellent of Mr. Savage's works ; and that though it cannot be denied to contain many striking senti- ments , majestic lines , and just observations , it ...
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