The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... supposed to be sometimes embellished , and fometimes aggra- vated , the originals are partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of ...
... supposed to be sometimes embellished , and fometimes aggra- vated , the originals are partly known , and partly forgotten . But to say that they united the plans of two or three eminent writers , is to give them but a small part of ...
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... supposed that he had tried a comedy on the ftage , till Steele , after his death , declared him the author of the Drum- this however he did not know to be true by any cogent teftimony ; for when Addison put the play into his hands , he ...
... supposed that he had tried a comedy on the ftage , till Steele , after his death , declared him the author of the Drum- this however he did not know to be true by any cogent teftimony ; for when Addison put the play into his hands , he ...
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... supposed to be within hearing ; is a thing that is so far from being probable , that " it is hardly poffible . " Sempronius , in the fecond Act , comes " back once more in the fame morning to the governor's hall , to carry on the ...
... supposed to be within hearing ; is a thing that is so far from being probable , that " it is hardly poffible . " Sempronius , in the fecond Act , comes " back once more in the fame morning to the governor's hall , to carry on the ...
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... supposed to have been an attorney ; having been for fome time educated in a coun- try - fchool , he was fent at thirteen to West- minster ; and in 1668 was entered at Edmund- Hall in Oxford , where he took the degree of M. A. June 3 ...
... supposed to have been an attorney ; having been for fome time educated in a coun- try - fchool , he was fent at thirteen to West- minster ; and in 1668 was entered at Edmund- Hall in Oxford , where he took the degree of M. A. June 3 ...
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... supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent to all their outrages ; he was this year made one of the phyficians in ordinary to king William , and advanced by him to the honour of ...
... supposed to have increased in proportion . He found , however , advantages more than equivalent to all their outrages ; he was this year made one of the phyficians in ordinary to king William , and advanced by him to the honour of ...
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