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... present his Muse rudely upon your eyes , without having first unmaskt her at a taverne , when you most knightly shal , for his paines , pay for both their suppers . By sitting on the stage , you may ( with small cost ) pur- chase the ...
... present his Muse rudely upon your eyes , without having first unmaskt her at a taverne , when you most knightly shal , for his paines , pay for both their suppers . By sitting on the stage , you may ( with small cost ) pur- chase the ...
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... present to defend himself . ' If he grows disagreeable , ' it was whispered aloud , ' there is H - can match him . ' At length , his romantic visit to Drummond of Hawthornden was men- tioned , and turned the scale in his favour ...
... present to defend himself . ' If he grows disagreeable , ' it was whispered aloud , ' there is H - can match him . ' At length , his romantic visit to Drummond of Hawthornden was men- tioned , and turned the scale in his favour ...
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... present objects and pursuits , even if we would . What is there more opposed to health , than sickness ; to strength and beauty , than decay and dissolution ; to the active search of knowledge than mere oblivion ? Or is there none of ...
... present objects and pursuits , even if we would . What is there more opposed to health , than sickness ; to strength and beauty , than decay and dissolution ; to the active search of knowledge than mere oblivion ? Or is there none of ...
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