The Waif Woman
state to king William the third, who, having resigned his pla
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as; who now, fr
oys that libe
ng told of him whose name is concealed? An epitaph, and a history of a nameless hero, are equally absurd, since the virtues and qualities so recounted in either are scattered at the mercy of fortune to be appropriated by guess. The name, it i
his subject. He said, perhaps, the best that could be said. There are, however, some defects which were not made necessary by the character
e should be a word of emphasis; nor can this rule be safely neglected, except where the length of the poem makes
illed is weak and prosaick, having no particula
epitaph been written on the poor conspirator[154] who died lately in prison, after a confinement of more than forty years, without any crime prove