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... fame as grudgingly to allow its comparative inferiority in any one instance , I am yet compelled to acknowledge , that , as far as my slender reading enables me to form a judgment , the English dramatic poets are in general more ...
... fame as grudgingly to allow its comparative inferiority in any one instance , I am yet compelled to acknowledge , that , as far as my slender reading enables me to form a judgment , the English dramatic poets are in general more ...
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... fame To sue to Carthage on the terms thou wishest ? Att . Ah ! rather own thou'rt still my father's foe . Man . Ungenerous maid ! no fault of mine concurred To his destruction . ' Twas the chance of war . Farewell ! ere this the senate ...
... fame To sue to Carthage on the terms thou wishest ? Att . Ah ! rather own thou'rt still my father's foe . Man . Ungenerous maid ! no fault of mine concurred To his destruction . ' Twas the chance of war . Farewell ! ere this the senate ...
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... fame , her fortitude , her all were lost . What honest captive of them all would wish With shame to enter her imperial gates , The flagrant scourge of slavery on his back ? None , none , my friends , would wish a fate so vile , But ...
... fame , her fortitude , her all were lost . What honest captive of them all would wish With shame to enter her imperial gates , The flagrant scourge of slavery on his back ? None , none , my friends , would wish a fate so vile , But ...
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... fame . O Manlius ! either give me proofs more worthy A Roman's friendship , or renew thy hate . Man . Dost thou not know , that , this exchange refused , Inevitable death must be thy fate ? Reg . And has the name of death such terror in ...
... fame . O Manlius ! either give me proofs more worthy A Roman's friendship , or renew thy hate . Man . Dost thou not know , that , this exchange refused , Inevitable death must be thy fate ? Reg . And has the name of death such terror in ...
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... fame and glory never were at stake . Soft - let me think — what is this thing called glory ? ' Tis the soul's tyrant , that should be dethroned , And learn subjection like her other passions ! Ah ! no ! ' tis false : this is the ...
... fame and glory never were at stake . Soft - let me think — what is this thing called glory ? ' Tis the soul's tyrant , that should be dethroned , And learn subjection like her other passions ! Ah ! no ! ' tis false : this is the ...
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