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... spirit's care ; Some dire disaster , or by force , or slight ; But what , or where , the Fates have wrapt in night . Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law , Or some frail china jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour , or her new ...
... spirit's care ; Some dire disaster , or by force , or slight ; But what , or where , the Fates have wrapt in night . Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law , Or some frail china jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour , or her new ...
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... spirit of imitation hath many ill effects ; I shall confine myself to three . First , it deprives the liberal and politer arts of an advantage which the mechanic enjoy : in these , men are ever endeavoring to go beyond their ...
... spirit of imitation hath many ill effects ; I shall confine myself to three . First , it deprives the liberal and politer arts of an advantage which the mechanic enjoy : in these , men are ever endeavoring to go beyond their ...
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... spirit of both declined very fast , and at length fell into such discredit that when now Spenser arose , and with a genius singularly fitted to immortalize the land of faery , he met with every difficulty and disadvantage to obstruct ...
... spirit of both declined very fast , and at length fell into such discredit that when now Spenser arose , and with a genius singularly fitted to immortalize the land of faery , he met with every difficulty and disadvantage to obstruct ...
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Daniel Defoe | 11 |
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