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... recent authority . They are represented as asking questions sometimes vague , sometimes insidious , and writing answers different from those which they 66 received . Prior , however , seems to have 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... recent authority . They are represented as asking questions sometimes vague , sometimes insidious , and writing answers different from those which they 66 received . Prior , however , seems to have 14 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. 66 received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have ...
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. 66 received . Prior , however , seems to have been overpowered by their turbulence ; for he confesses that he signed what , if he had ever come before a legal judicature , he should have ...
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... received from Dryden he did not lose ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unnecessary severity , but uses triplets and alexandrines without scruple . In his pre- face to " Solomon " he proposes some improvements by ...
... received from Dryden he did not lose ; neither did he increase the difficulty of writing by unnecessary severity , but uses triplets and alexandrines without scruple . In his pre- face to " Solomon " he proposes some improvements by ...
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... a pretty lie to Louis XIV . , continued it after- wards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . [ Congreve was baptised at Bardsey CONGREVE. ...
... a pretty lie to Louis XIV . , continued it after- wards by false dates ; thinking himself obliged in honour , says his admirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . [ Congreve was baptised at Bardsey CONGREVE. ...
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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. so well received . [ Congreve was baptised at Bardsey , February 10 , 1670. ] Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having ...
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson. so well received . [ Congreve was baptised at Bardsey , February 10 , 1670. ] Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having ...
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