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... Savage , who had rendered services of no very honourable kind to Pope . " Johnson himself tells us that he completed the work some time in March , 1781 , and that he wrote it in his " usual way , unwilling to work , and work- ing with ...
... Savage , who had rendered services of no very honourable kind to Pope . " Johnson himself tells us that he completed the work some time in March , 1781 , and that he wrote it in his " usual way , unwilling to work , and work- ing with ...
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... SAVAGE . 303 • 121 1667-1745 . SWIFT . € 353 123 1689-1745 . BROOME . . • 371 • 373 • 44T • 442 . · 448 • 452 1676-1708 . J. PHILIPS 1663-1708 . WALSH . 1631-1700 . DRYDEN . 1668-1710 . SMITH . 1668-1711 . DUKE . · • • 130 1688-1744 ...
... SAVAGE . 303 • 121 1667-1745 . SWIFT . € 353 123 1689-1745 . BROOME . . • 371 • 373 • 44T • 442 . · 448 • 452 1676-1708 . J. PHILIPS 1663-1708 . WALSH . 1631-1700 . DRYDEN . 1668-1710 . SMITH . 1668-1711 . DUKE . · • • 130 1688-1744 ...
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... Co- logne , and the Congress at Frankfort ; in 1698 , a second time to Branden- * He was entered of Trinity College , and took his master's degree in 1689 . burgh ; in 1699 , to the King of Poland STEPNEY . 121 1698-1743 SAVAGE 303.
... Co- logne , and the Congress at Frankfort ; in 1698 , a second time to Branden- * He was entered of Trinity College , and took his master's degree in 1689 . burgh ; in 1699 , to the King of Poland STEPNEY . 121 1698-1743 SAVAGE 303.
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... savage ran . ' Tis but because the living death ne'er knew , They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . -There with a forest of their darts he strove ...
... savage ran . ' Tis but because the living death ne'er knew , They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . -There with a forest of their darts he strove ...
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... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . This play discovers its own date , by a prediction of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
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