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... seem wisely satisfied that we should neither be perpetually se- – rious , nor perpetually laughing — for as the SPECTATOR well observes , " Human nature is not so miserable , as that we should be always melan- choly ; nor so happy as ...
... seem wisely satisfied that we should neither be perpetually se- – rious , nor perpetually laughing — for as the SPECTATOR well observes , " Human nature is not so miserable , as that we should be always melan- choly ; nor so happy as ...
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... seems to have been a very sober poet , for he elsewhere affirms that of all evils drunkenness is the greatest , and most pernicious to mankind . Much wine is the pa rent of much sin . And to proceed : To waggie ! Ex re μeduɛn yıvılar ...
... seems to have been a very sober poet , for he elsewhere affirms that of all evils drunkenness is the greatest , and most pernicious to mankind . Much wine is the pa rent of much sin . And to proceed : To waggie ! Ex re μeduɛn yıvılar ...
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... Arcadia dicet se judice victum . " Mr. Todd seems very desirous of rescuing Milton from the in- dignity of a flogging at Cambridge . " It rests , " says he , " solely upon the testimony of Aubrey , which ( however he 22 THE MONTHLY MIRROR .
... Arcadia dicet se judice victum . " Mr. Todd seems very desirous of rescuing Milton from the in- dignity of a flogging at Cambridge . " It rests , " says he , " solely upon the testimony of Aubrey , which ( however he 22 THE MONTHLY MIRROR .
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... seems that no particular odium or ridicule attached to it , for , according to an extract , p . 10 , " In those days of simplicity and subordination , of roughness and ri . gour , this sort of punishment was much more common , and conse ...
... seems that no particular odium or ridicule attached to it , for , according to an extract , p . 10 , " In those days of simplicity and subordination , of roughness and ri . gour , this sort of punishment was much more common , and conse ...
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... For what are eyes ? the brighter they , The keener wound they give- They sparkle only to betray , And often , even while they slay , They seem to bid us live ! And what are teeth ? that look as white And THE MONTHLY MIRROR . ST.
... For what are eyes ? the brighter they , The keener wound they give- They sparkle only to betray , And often , even while they slay , They seem to bid us live ! And what are teeth ? that look as white And THE MONTHLY MIRROR . ST.
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