The Lives of the English Poets: And a Criticism of Their Works, Volume 2Wilson, 1781 |
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Page 13
... true ; but the work did not fuffer much by his unconsciousness of its commencement , or his abfence at its ceffation ; for he continued his affiftance to December 23 , and the paper stopped on January 2. He did not distinguish his ...
... true ; but the work did not fuffer much by his unconsciousness of its commencement , or his abfence at its ceffation ; for he continued his affiftance to December 23 , and the paper stopped on January 2. He did not distinguish his ...
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... true spirit of unfeeling com- merce , declare that he would not build an hofpi- tal for idle people ; but at last he buys land , fettles in the country , and builds not a ma- nufactory , but an hospital for twelve old huf- bandmen ...
... true spirit of unfeeling com- merce , declare that he would not build an hofpi- tal for idle people ; but at last he buys land , fettles in the country , and builds not a ma- nufactory , but an hospital for twelve old huf- bandmen ...
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... did not know to be true by any cogent teftimony ; for when Addison put the play into his hands , he only told him it was the work of a Gentleman in the Company ; mer ; and and when it was received , as is confeffed , 28 ADDISON .
... did not know to be true by any cogent teftimony ; for when Addison put the play into his hands , he only told him it was the work of a Gentleman in the Company ; mer ; and and when it was received , as is confeffed , 28 ADDISON .
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... true reason , with an account of declining health , and the neceffity of recefs and quiet . He now returned to his vocation , and began to plan literary occupations for his future life . He purposed a tragedy on the death of So- crates ...
... true reason , with an account of declining health , and the neceffity of recefs and quiet . He now returned to his vocation , and began to plan literary occupations for his future life . He purposed a tragedy on the death of So- crates ...
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... true reafon ; the fact was too recent , and those who had been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The neceffity of complying with times , and of sparing perfons , is the great impediment of biography . Hiftory may be formed ...
... true reafon ; the fact was too recent , and those who had been heated in the contention were not yet cool . The neceffity of complying with times , and of sparing perfons , is the great impediment of biography . Hiftory may be formed ...
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