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... his death , which happened in 1646 ; though Lloyd says that he bore his sufferings with admirable calmness and serenity , and adds that he 1 Burke's Commoners of England . was a pious and learned man . Lord Clarendon also.
... his death , which happened in 1646 ; though Lloyd says that he bore his sufferings with admirable calmness and serenity , and adds that he 1 Burke's Commoners of England . was a pious and learned man . Lord Clarendon also.
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... admiration of the force and grandeur of the poetry , partly from a desire to make the great satirist more accessible to the majority of English readers , and thereby to apply his vigorous teaching to the vices and follies of the age ...
... admiration of the force and grandeur of the poetry , partly from a desire to make the great satirist more accessible to the majority of English readers , and thereby to apply his vigorous teaching to the vices and follies of the age ...
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... admiration , had been cruelly maltreated in his first attempt . The criticisms of several other periodicals were equally ill - judging and unjust . Hodgson felt irresistibly impelled to write , and he wrote , perhaps with more justice ...
... admiration , had been cruelly maltreated in his first attempt . The criticisms of several other periodicals were equally ill - judging and unjust . Hodgson felt irresistibly impelled to write , and he wrote , perhaps with more justice ...
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... admiration for the inspired writings of the Bible , and especially of the Psalms , a love of his- tory , of philosophy and , above all , of poetry , were common to both , and were enough in themselves to provide endless subjects of ...
... admiration for the inspired writings of the Bible , and especially of the Psalms , a love of his- tory , of philosophy and , above all , of poetry , were common to both , and were enough in themselves to provide endless subjects of ...
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... no ordinary spirit and power . Byron's still more caustic and comprehensive reply was now in process of concoction . Much must have passed ADMIRATION OF DRYDEN AND POPE . 97 between them upon 96 MEMOIR OF REV . F. HODGSON .
... no ordinary spirit and power . Byron's still more caustic and comprehensive reply was now in process of concoction . Much must have passed ADMIRATION OF DRYDEN AND POPE . 97 between them upon 96 MEMOIR OF REV . F. HODGSON .
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