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Page 84
... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus 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 Pyramus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after ...
Page 85
... written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his ' Davideis ' ; a work of which the materials could not have been collected without study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years ...
... written , while he was yet a young student , the greater part of his ' Davideis ' ; a work of which the materials could not have been collected without study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years ...
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... written in less time than The Virgin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either ostentatiously or mournfully to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary performance , written ...
... written in less time than The Virgin Martyr ; though the author thought not fit either ostentatiously or mournfully to tell how little labour it cost him , or at how short a warning he produced it . It was a temporary performance , written ...
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