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Page xi
He wishes that she were less wise ; and in truth she does exhibit no unfavourable symptom of good sense in " confining her thoughts to elder merits , " instead of " solacing " her youthful admirer , who , at the period of first taking ...
He wishes that she were less wise ; and in truth she does exhibit no unfavourable symptom of good sense in " confining her thoughts to elder merits , " instead of " solacing " her youthful admirer , who , at the period of first taking ...
Page xiv
For a moral masque , however , it sets the main business of life sufficiently low : there is nothing worthy of a wise and good man ; nothing , in short , beyond what one of the herd of Epicurus might desire - sensual pleasures and gross ...
For a moral masque , however , it sets the main business of life sufficiently low : there is nothing worthy of a wise and good man ; nothing , in short , beyond what one of the herd of Epicurus might desire - sensual pleasures and gross ...
Page xxviii
... more wise , to be suspectedly silent , than modestly confident of opinion , herein . " In this , he is supported by Shirley , who has a complimentary poem prefixed to " Love's Sacrifice ; " in which , after reproaching Prynne with ...
... more wise , to be suspectedly silent , than modestly confident of opinion , herein . " In this , he is supported by Shirley , who has a complimentary poem prefixed to " Love's Sacrifice ; " in which , after reproaching Prynne with ...
Page lxxxiii
My nurse's husband was a maker of shittlecocks . " Every one is acquainted with this instrument ; but the precise allusion which is concealed here I have not been able to discover . " Our sagacious editor is always too wise for his ...
My nurse's husband was a maker of shittlecocks . " Every one is acquainted with this instrument ; but the precise allusion which is concealed here I have not been able to discover . " Our sagacious editor is always too wise for his ...
Page cxxvii
Wise is opposed to mad , in the former part of the verse . G. 459. W.419 . - If the morn serve , some that are safe shall bleed . Read : If the moon serve , some that are safe shall bleed . Mr. Weber's corruption of this passage ...
Wise is opposed to mad , in the former part of the verse . G. 459. W.419 . - If the morn serve , some that are safe shall bleed . Read : If the moon serve , some that are safe shall bleed . Mr. Weber's corruption of this passage ...
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