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... written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called ' Love's Riddle , ' though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
... written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called ' Love's Riddle , ' though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
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... written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of entertainment and of ...
... written in imitation of the Georgicks , may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exact and just ; and that it is therefore , at once , a book of entertainment and of ...
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... written in the time of the Dutch war , to inflame the nation against their enemies ; to whom he hopes , as he declares , in his Epilogue , to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which Tyrtaeus of old animated the Spartans ...
... written in the time of the Dutch war , to inflame the nation against their enemies ; to whom he hopes , as he declares , in his Epilogue , to make his poetry not less destructive than that by which Tyrtaeus of old animated the Spartans ...
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