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She made your Beauty to be admir'd and belov'd, and when the World knows you are quite detach d from
Exilius 2008
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I had not yet pass'd the Dog − days of Bosvil's hot Pursuits; but at his Return he treated me in another Manner than ever: If before he admir'd, honour'd, or esteem'd me, he now doted, ador'd, and dy'd for me; vow'd a thousand
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Living, which I so admir'd, that I wish'd for such Places in
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I had not yet pass'd the Dog − days of Bosvil's hot Pursuits; but at his Return he treated me in another Manner than ever: If before he admir'd, honour'd, or esteem'd me, he now doted, ador'd, and dy'd for me; vow'd a thousand
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Living, which I so admir'd, that I wish'd for such Places in
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Poverty secures them from Envy, and its being voluntary, places them above the Reach of Contempt; in renouncing the World they are Masters of it, and by subduing their Passions, they become distinguish'd and admir'd by the rest of Mankind, to whom their Words are Lectures, and their Actions
Exilius 2008
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"O most admir'd of mortals," the phouka said, grinning up at her.
War for the Oaks Bull, Emma, 1954- 1987
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Solemnity and Dignity of _Quixote_, and the arch Ribaldry and Meanness of _Sancho_; And the Contrast can never be sufficiently admir'd, between the _excellent fine Sense_ of the ONE, and the _dangerous common Sense_ of the OTHER.
An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) Corbyn Morris
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Who long the spring admir'd; -- the spring produc'd
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Whereas if they would suffer them to come up by degrees, that their studies might be temper'd with grave lectures; their affections fashion'd by the dictates of wisdom; that they might work themselves into a mastery of words; and for a long time hear, what they're inclined to imitate, nothing that pleas'd children, wou'd be admir'd by them.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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