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... Cibber's Lives of the Poets ; of which I take this opportunity to testify that it was not written , nor , I believe , ever seen , by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert Shiels , a native of Scotland , a man of very acute ...
... Cibber's Lives of the Poets ; of which I take this opportunity to testify that it was not written , nor , I believe , ever seen , by either of the Cibbers ; but was the work of Robert Shiels , a native of Scotland , a man of very acute ...
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... Cibber once , he mentioned him afterwards con- temptuously in one of his satires , and again in his Epistle to Arbuthnot ; and in the fourth book of The Dunciad attacked him with acrimony , to which the provocation is not easily ...
... Cibber once , he mentioned him afterwards con- temptuously in one of his satires , and again in his Epistle to Arbuthnot ; and in the fourth book of The Dunciad attacked him with acrimony , to which the provocation is not easily ...
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... Cibber , the world seeks nothing but diversión , which is given at the expense of the higher character . When Cibber lampooned Pope , curiosity was excited ; what Pope would say of Cibber nobody inquired , but in hope that Pope's ...
... Cibber , the world seeks nothing but diversión , which is given at the expense of the higher character . When Cibber lampooned Pope , curiosity was excited ; what Pope would say of Cibber nobody inquired , but in hope that Pope's ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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