Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 12
... neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a mean- ness of appearance which gave testimony of the ...
... neglected , became in time so much the favourite of the public that before it was reprinted it rose to five times its price . When he returned to England ( in 1702 ) , with a mean- ness of appearance which gave testimony of the ...
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... neglected ; but , trusting that the readers would do him more justice , he published it with an inscription to the Duchess of Marlborough - a woman without skill , or pretensions to skill , in poetry or literature . His dedication was ...
... neglected ; but , trusting that the readers would do him more justice , he published it with an inscription to the Duchess of Marlborough - a woman without skill , or pretensions to skill , in poetry or literature . His dedication was ...
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... neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no longer wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they were written is sufficiently attested by the translations ...
... neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended , and their precepts now are no longer wanted . Their usefulness to the age in which they were written is sufficiently attested by the translations ...
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... neglect , or the impertinence of civility ; to show when to speak , or to be silent ; how to refuse , or how to ... neglected that a complete collection is nowhere to be found . These Mercuries were succeeded by L'Estrange's Ob ...
... neglect , or the impertinence of civility ; to show when to speak , or to be silent ; how to refuse , or how to ... neglected that a complete collection is nowhere to be found . These Mercuries were succeeded by L'Estrange's Ob ...
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... neglect . This cannot be said of the few papers entitled the Whig Examiner , in which is employed all the force of gay malevolence and humorous satire . Of this paper , which just appeared and expired , Swift remarks , with exulta- tion ...
... neglect . This cannot be said of the few papers entitled the Whig Examiner , in which is employed all the force of gay malevolence and humorous satire . Of this paper , which just appeared and expired , Swift remarks , with exulta- tion ...
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