The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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... person . Godolphin fent the message by Mr. Boyle , afterwards lord Carlton ; and Addison , having undertaken the work , communicated it to the Treasurer , while it was yet advanced no further than the fimile of the Angel , and was ...
... person . Godolphin fent the message by Mr. Boyle , afterwards lord Carlton ; and Addison , having undertaken the work , communicated it to the Treasurer , while it was yet advanced no further than the fimile of the Angel , and was ...
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... person of a governor of a place of war , was enough to " alarm the whole garrison : and yet , for al- " most half an hour after Sempronius was killed , we find none of thofe appear , who " were the likelieft in the world to be alarm'd ...
... person of a governor of a place of war , was enough to " alarm the whole garrison : and yet , for al- " most half an hour after Sempronius was killed , we find none of thofe appear , who " were the likelieft in the world to be alarm'd ...
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... person of " this tragedy who liftens , when love and " treafon were fo often talked in fo public a cc place as a hall ? I am afraid the author was " driven upon all these abfurdities only to in- " troduce this miferable mistake of ...
... person of " this tragedy who liftens , when love and " treafon were fo often talked in fo public a cc place as a hall ? I am afraid the author was " driven upon all these abfurdities only to in- " troduce this miferable mistake of ...
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... person who fancied himself all thefe ; and whether the people , who be- << ( ( longed to the family , would think that such " a perfon had a defign upon their midrifs or " his own ? " In short , that Cato fhould fit long enough , " in ...
... person who fancied himself all thefe ; and whether the people , who be- << ( ( longed to the family , would think that such " a perfon had a defign upon their midrifs or " his own ? " In short , that Cato fhould fit long enough , " in ...
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... person , and it is every honeft " man's duty to defend it . << " You are pleased to say , it is yet doubtful " if the Hollanders are rafh enough to make " fuch an attempt ; but , be that as it will , I ' beg leave to infift upon it ...
... person , and it is every honeft " man's duty to defend it . << " You are pleased to say , it is yet doubtful " if the Hollanders are rafh enough to make " fuch an attempt ; but , be that as it will , I ' beg leave to infift upon it ...
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