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The brother's seems the best authority , till , by confessing his inability to tell his hall or college , he gives reason to suspect that he was resolved to bestow on him an academical educa . tion ; but durst not name a college ...
The brother's seems the best authority , till , by confessing his inability to tell his hall or college , he gives reason to suspect that he was resolved to bestow on him an academical educa . tion ; but durst not name a college ...
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But then , according to the curious observa . tion of the late earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism , and as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement .
But then , according to the curious observa . tion of the late earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism , and as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement .
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Of this paper nothing is necessary to be said , but that it found many contributors , and that it was a continua . tion of the Spectator , with the same elegance , and the same variety , till some unlucky sparkle from a Tory paper set ...
Of this paper nothing is necessary to be said , but that it found many contributors , and that it was a continua . tion of the Spectator , with the same elegance , and the same variety , till some unlucky sparkle from a Tory paper set ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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