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... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after ...
... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after ...
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... written with much art , though with few blazes of genius . The following fragment , written by Edmund Smith , upon the works of Philips , has been transcribed from the Bodleian manuscripts . ' A prefatory Discourse to the Poem on Mr ...
... written with much art , though with few blazes of genius . The following fragment , written by Edmund Smith , upon the works of Philips , has been transcribed from the Bodleian manuscripts . ' A prefatory Discourse to the Poem on Mr ...
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... written professedly for the party of the duke of York , whose succession was then opposed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and the Covenanters of England ; and this intention produced the controversy . Albion and ...
... written professedly for the party of the duke of York , whose succession was then opposed . A parallel is intended between the Leaguers of France and the Covenanters of England ; and this intention produced the controversy . Albion and ...
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