Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... Soon after its pub- lication , we are told , Mr. Harte dined with Cave , and incidentally praised it . Meeting him again soon after- wards Cave said to Mr. Harte , " You made a man very happy t'other day . " " How could that be ...
... Soon after its pub- lication , we are told , Mr. Harte dined with Cave , and incidentally praised it . Meeting him again soon after- wards Cave said to Mr. Harte , " You made a man very happy t'other day . " " How could that be ...
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... soon after published a translation of the greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , says Dryden , " my latter swarm is scarcely worth the hiving . " About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the ...
... soon after published a translation of the greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , says Dryden , " my latter swarm is scarcely worth the hiving . " About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the ...
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... soon taken of courting general approbation by general topics , and subjects on which faction had produced no diversity of sentiments— such as literature , morality , and familiar life . To this practice they adhered with few deviations ...
... soon taken of courting general approbation by general topics , and subjects on which faction had produced no diversity of sentiments— such as literature , morality , and familiar life . To this practice they adhered with few deviations ...
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... to the Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has been suggested that the Royal Society was in- stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... to the Church or State ; of which they taught many to talk , whom they could not teach to judge . It has been suggested that the Royal Society was in- stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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Samuel Johnson. stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of the people from public discontent . The Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency ; they were published ... soon after the Restoration to divert the attention ...
Samuel Johnson. stituted soon after the Restoration to divert the attention of the people from public discontent . The Tatler and Spectator had the same tendency ; they were published ... soon after the Restoration to divert the attention ...
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