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... comedy writ- ten in Latin , but without due attention to * He was candidate this year at Westminster - school for elec- tion to Trinity College , but proved unsuccessful- N. B 3 the the ancient models ; for , it is not loose COWLE Y. 5.
... comedy writ- ten in Latin , but without due attention to * He was candidate this year at Westminster - school for elec- tion to Trinity College , but proved unsuccessful- N. B 3 the the ancient models ; for , it is not loose COWLE Y. 5.
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... tion of his works * ; and fo diftinguished himself tion 6 CO . W LE Y. the ancient models; for, it is not loose ...
... tion of his works * ; and fo diftinguished himself tion 6 CO . W LE Y. the ancient models; for, it is not loose ...
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With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. tion of his works * ; and fo diftinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his converfation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of thofe who ...
With Critical Observations on Their Works Samuel Johnson. tion of his works * ; and fo diftinguished himself by the warmth of his loyalty , and the elegance of his converfation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of thofe who ...
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... tion , that I cannot but fufpect Cowley of having confulted on this great occafion the Virgilian lots * . and to have given fome credit to the answer of his oracle . 2 Some * Confulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilianæ , is a ...
... tion , that I cannot but fufpect Cowley of having confulted on this great occafion the Virgilian lots * . and to have given fome credit to the answer of his oracle . 2 Some * Confulting the Virgilian Lots , Sortes Virgilianæ , is a ...
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... tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is diffi- cult now to find the reafon ...
... tion and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to ex- clude diffidence and fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is diffi- cult now to find the reafon ...
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