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Samuel Johnson. became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remembered ... relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to ...
Samuel Johnson. became , as he relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents , which , sometimes remembered ... relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to ...
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... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , fallen . Eve , ACT IV . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
... relates Lucifer's rebellion and fall . Adam , fallen . Eve , ACT IV . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam has lost . ACT V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel ...
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... relates , was made known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every ...
... relates , was made known at Court by the taste and influence of the Earl of Dorset . When it was known , it was necessarily admired : the king quoted , the courtiers studied , and the whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every ...
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