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Page 52
... equally at the ' robes of pleasure and the veils of woe ' ( 1. 66 ) . ' All aid the farce , and all thy mirth maintain ' ( 1. 67 ) . - When Fanny Burney had produced her novel Evelina , the literary world , and even some of her own ...
... equally at the ' robes of pleasure and the veils of woe ' ( 1. 66 ) . ' All aid the farce , and all thy mirth maintain ' ( 1. 67 ) . - When Fanny Burney had produced her novel Evelina , the literary world , and even some of her own ...
Page 109
... equally confident of unmingled prosperity , and equally fertile of consolatory expedients . He forbore to force on them unwelcome knowledge , which time itself would too soon impress . ' Imlac , then , demonstrates himself to be the ...
... equally confident of unmingled prosperity , and equally fertile of consolatory expedients . He forbore to force on them unwelcome knowledge , which time itself would too soon impress . ' Imlac , then , demonstrates himself to be the ...
Page 114
... equally fanciful . First , Nekayah has never shown the least aptitude or previous inclination for a life of science , during the book . Second , her choice seems to be founded , if not on her own previous daydreams , at least on the ...
... equally fanciful . First , Nekayah has never shown the least aptitude or previous inclination for a life of science , during the book . Second , her choice seems to be founded , if not on her own previous daydreams , at least on the ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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