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Page xxvii
... leave them till it was over . Verse - making out of the question , this was to be a genuine poet , though , with commonplace mortals , it was also to be a fool . " besides his wife . His genius and benevolence gained him AND LA FONTAINE ...
... leave them till it was over . Verse - making out of the question , this was to be a genuine poet , though , with commonplace mortals , it was also to be a fool . " besides his wife . His genius and benevolence gained him AND LA FONTAINE ...
Page xxxvi
... leaving his peculiar province . He seemed himself not insensible where his strength lay , and seldom ventured upon any other ground , except at the instance of his friends . With all his lightness , he felt a deep veneration for ...
... leaving his peculiar province . He seemed himself not insensible where his strength lay , and seldom ventured upon any other ground , except at the instance of his friends . With all his lightness , he felt a deep veneration for ...
Page xl
... leave me it is not poetry , but idleness , which makes away with it . " On a certain occasion , in the earlier part of his life , when pressed in regard to his improvidence , he gaily produced the following epigram , which has commonly ...
... leave me it is not poetry , but idleness , which makes away with it . " On a certain occasion , in the earlier part of his life , when pressed in regard to his improvidence , he gaily produced the following epigram , which has commonly ...
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... leave , do what he will . Ere this , my story's drift you plainly see . From such mistake there is no mortal free . That obstinate self - lover The human soul doth cover ; The mirrors follies are of others , In which , as all are ...
... leave , do what he will . Ere this , my story's drift you plainly see . From such mistake there is no mortal free . That obstinate self - lover The human soul doth cover ; The mirrors follies are of others , In which , as all are ...
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... leaves the table , No loss at all to ' ts noisy gabble . The men were Leda's twins , who knew What to a poet's praise was due , And , thanking , paid him by foretelling The downfall of the wrestler's dwelling . From which ill - fated ...
... leaves the table , No loss at all to ' ts noisy gabble . The men were Leda's twins , who knew What to a poet's praise was due , And , thanking , paid him by foretelling The downfall of the wrestler's dwelling . From which ill - fated ...
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