The lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Rivington, 1820 |
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... 208 BROOME 248 POPE 252 PITT 393 THOMSON 396 WATTS 409 A. PHILIPS 418 WEST . 427 COLLINS 431 DYER . 436 SHENSTONE 439 YOUNG 448 MALLET 510 AKENSIDE 516 523 GRAY . LYTTELTON 535 PRIOR . ATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that has.
... 208 BROOME 248 POPE 252 PITT 393 THOMSON 396 WATTS 409 A. PHILIPS 418 WEST . 427 COLLINS 431 DYER . 436 SHENSTONE 439 YOUNG 448 MALLET 510 AKENSIDE 516 523 GRAY . LYTTELTON 535 PRIOR . ATTHEW PRIOR is one of those that has.
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... young lady that sat next him , he produced these extem- porary lines : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing ...
... young lady that sat next him , he produced these extem- porary lines : Mais cette voix , et ces beaux yeux , Font Cupidon trop dangereux ; Et je suis triste quand je crie , Bannissons la Melancholie . Tradition represents him as willing ...
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... Young Gentleman in Love " has hardly a just claim to the title of a Tale . I know not whether he be the ori- ginal author of any Tale which he has given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry ...
... Young Gentleman in Love " has hardly a just claim to the title of a Tale . I know not whether he be the ori- ginal author of any Tale which he has given us . The adventure of " Hans Carvel " has passed through many successions of merry ...
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... young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who can be supposed to have ...
... young students , who read merely that they may learn to write ; and of the " Carmen Seculare , " I cannot but suspect that I might praise or censure it by caprice , without dan- ger of detection ; for who can be supposed to have ...
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... young man , elated with success , and impatient of censure , assumed an air of confidence and security . His chief artifice of controversy is to retort upon his adversary his own words ; he is very angry , and , hoping to conquer ...
... young man , elated with success , and impatient of censure , assumed an air of confidence and security . His chief artifice of controversy is to retort upon his adversary his own words ; he is very angry , and , hoping to conquer ...
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