The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder ...
... says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder ...
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... says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though ...
... says was neither written nor acted , but rough - drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though ...
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... says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The ...
... says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The ...
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... says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew his ...
... says his biographer , " under these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is therefore to be supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew his ...
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... says Wood , " by certain persons , enemies to the muses . " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he ...
... says Wood , " by certain persons , enemies to the muses . " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as he thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he ...
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