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... either made an income for himself or inherited his patrimony , he was a little out at elbows , as young lively fellows of warm passions and costly tastes , even though possessed of fine fortunes , will be upon xii INTRODUCTION .
... either made an income for himself or inherited his patrimony , he was a little out at elbows , as young lively fellows of warm passions and costly tastes , even though possessed of fine fortunes , will be upon xii INTRODUCTION .
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... passions so far as to cut short his career . Few writers have denounced profli- gates and spendthrifts more vehemently than he has done , and he would scarcely have run the risk of having his own judgments quoted against himself . We ...
... passions so far as to cut short his career . Few writers have denounced profli- gates and spendthrifts more vehemently than he has done , and he would scarcely have run the risk of having his own judgments quoted against himself . We ...
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... passion , that can fire Not striplings merely with desire , But thaw the sinews , thrill the sense Of cramp'd and hoary impotence ? There was a period in our own literary history , in the days when " intrigue was plot , obscenity was ...
... passion , that can fire Not striplings merely with desire , But thaw the sinews , thrill the sense Of cramp'd and hoary impotence ? There was a period in our own literary history , in the days when " intrigue was plot , obscenity was ...
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... versibus exprimit Catullum , Raro moribus exprimit Catonem . A Catullus in verse is scarce in the way to Display in his morals the virtues of Cato . mastering passion than the series of his poems of which INTRODUCTION . xxi.
... versibus exprimit Catullum , Raro moribus exprimit Catonem . A Catullus in verse is scarce in the way to Display in his morals the virtues of Cato . mastering passion than the series of his poems of which INTRODUCTION . xxi.
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... passion . At first all is admiration and rapture . Mind and sense are both completely under the spell of Lesbia's " strong toil of grace . " She is indeed perfection . Possession only heightens the poet's devotion . But soon her ...
... passion . At first all is admiration and rapture . Mind and sense are both completely under the spell of Lesbia's " strong toil of grace . " She is indeed perfection . Possession only heightens the poet's devotion . But soon her ...
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Page 203 - With Additions by Professors AGASSIZ, PIERCE, and GRAY; 12 Maps and Engravings on Steel, some Coloured, and copious Index.