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Page 168
... Sometimes I meet it in a band - box , when my laundress brings home my linen ; sometimes , whether I will or no , it lights my pipe at a coffee - house ; sometimes it surprises me in a trunk - maker's shop ; and sometimes it refreshes ...
... Sometimes I meet it in a band - box , when my laundress brings home my linen ; sometimes , whether I will or no , it lights my pipe at a coffee - house ; sometimes it surprises me in a trunk - maker's shop ; and sometimes it refreshes ...
Page 228
... sometimes grateful to the reader , and sometimes convenient to the poet . Fenton was of opinion that Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his ...
... sometimes grateful to the reader , and sometimes convenient to the poet . Fenton was of opinion that Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he valued himself for his ...
Page 343
... sometimes leave Lord Oxford silently , no one could tell why , and was to be courted back by more letters and messages than the footmen were willing to carry . The table was indeed infested by Lady Mary Wortley , who was the friend of ...
... sometimes leave Lord Oxford silently , no one could tell why , and was to be courted back by more letters and messages than the footmen were willing to carry . The table was indeed infested by Lady Mary Wortley , who was the friend of ...
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Milton | 15 |
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