Reflection: A Poem, in Four Cantos ...R. Cruttwell, 1790 - 278 страница |
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... respects a strong analogy of character to our own . Are not the fawning of the Spaniel , and the difdain of some of the larger and nobler kind of dog , very fimilar to certain human characters ? The obftinate unconquerable courage of ...
... respects a strong analogy of character to our own . Are not the fawning of the Spaniel , and the difdain of some of the larger and nobler kind of dog , very fimilar to certain human characters ? The obftinate unconquerable courage of ...
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... respect to the barking and fnarling at you , which feems equally among the canine fpecies as our's to prevail ' in proportion to the infignificance of the individual ? and while the Cur and Little Dog fnarl and bark , the noble ...
... respect to the barking and fnarling at you , which feems equally among the canine fpecies as our's to prevail ' in proportion to the infignificance of the individual ? and while the Cur and Little Dog fnarl and bark , the noble ...
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... respects , as is fhewn in POPE ; nay , indeed , in myself , who happened , ( not having the original one before me ) to fall on other additional examples not less real than his . From hence , I fay , has been formed the idea of going on ...
... respects , as is fhewn in POPE ; nay , indeed , in myself , who happened , ( not having the original one before me ) to fall on other additional examples not less real than his . From hence , I fay , has been formed the idea of going on ...
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... respect ; nor is he quite fure but that part of what he is going to fay may be rather acceptable , and what the reader ( he means , if he has been happy enough to have gained from any , fome intereft or attachment ) may not be forry to ...
... respect ; nor is he quite fure but that part of what he is going to fay may be rather acceptable , and what the reader ( he means , if he has been happy enough to have gained from any , fome intereft or attachment ) may not be forry to ...
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... respect to Religion , where many men of this country have nobly adhered to their own , ( nay , perhaps , while not preferring it to ours ) rather than exchange it for that where honour , profit , and numberlefs advantages , might have ...
... respect to Religion , where many men of this country have nobly adhered to their own , ( nay , perhaps , while not preferring it to ours ) rather than exchange it for that where honour , profit , and numberlefs advantages , might have ...
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abfurd againſt alfo allude almoſt alſo anſwer aſk beſt Canto cauſe confequently confideration courſe defire diftinct e'en Effay eſpecially exiſtence faid fame feel feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fince firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul ftill fubject fuch fuperior fuppofe fure GENIUS gentleman giv'n give himſelf honour hope houſe inftance inſtinct itſelf judge juſt laſt leaſt lefs leſs mean meaſure methinks mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature Nature's obfervations object occafion ourſelves paffage perfon perhaps philofophic pleaſe poem poffibly Pope pow'r preſent profe purſue queſtion reader reaſon reflection reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtop ſtrange ſuch ſuppoſe taſte tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thou thought true truth underſtanding uſed verſe whofe wiſh word writing yourſelf
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