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Page 83
... seen , and it does not carry much weight . Cowper lived at a time when the Chesterfield code was still widely accepted , and when it would almost naturally be assumed as a compliment rather than a slur- that a young gentleman , who was ...
... seen , and it does not carry much weight . Cowper lived at a time when the Chesterfield code was still widely accepted , and when it would almost naturally be assumed as a compliment rather than a slur- that a young gentleman , who was ...
Page 136
... seen , with the Revolution of 1688. Old passions and feuds had spent their fury , and an age of tolerance , soon aided by Walpole's political regime , set in . The new tolerance was far indeed from being complete , but it marked a great ...
... seen , with the Revolution of 1688. Old passions and feuds had spent their fury , and an age of tolerance , soon aided by Walpole's political regime , set in . The new tolerance was far indeed from being complete , but it marked a great ...
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... Seen with enlightened eyes , And once applied with power , Would teach the need of other blood To reconcile an angry God . The scape - goat on his head The people's trespass bore , And to the desert led , Was to be seen no more : In him ...
... Seen with enlightened eyes , And once applied with power , Would teach the need of other blood To reconcile an angry God . The scape - goat on his head The people's trespass bore , And to the desert led , Was to be seen no more : In him ...
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Introductory 11 12 | 11 |
An Extramundane and his World | 23 |
Childhood and Youth | 45 |
Copyright | |
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