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... written for separate publication , and revived to take its place in the present series largely in order to save its writer trouble . Critics have pointed out again and again that it is out of scale with the rest , giving far too much ...
... written for separate publication , and revived to take its place in the present series largely in order to save its writer trouble . Critics have pointed out again and again that it is out of scale with the rest , giving far too much ...
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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
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... of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , ' The tragical History 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... of the learned puerilities of Cowley there is no doubt , since a volume of his poems was not only written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , ' The tragical History 2 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called ' Love's Riddle , ' though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
... written when he was ten years old ; and ' Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called ' Love's Riddle , ' though it was not published till he had been some time at ...
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... written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business ...
... written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than words , contribute no otherwise to his reputation than as they shew him to have been above the affectation of unseasonable elegance , and to have known that the business ...
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