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... passed his twenty - fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry ...
... passed his twenty - fifth year , before other men , even such as are some time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry ...
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... passed the night sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble ; and some- times , when he had not money ...
... passed the night sometimes in mean houses , which are set open at night to any casual wanderers , sometimes in cellars , among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble ; and some- times , when he had not money ...
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... passed a life placid and honourable , neither too great for the kindness of the low , nor too low for the notice of the great . At what time he composed his Miscellany , published in 1727 , it is not easy nor necessary to know ; those ...
... passed a life placid and honourable , neither too great for the kindness of the low , nor too low for the notice of the great . At what time he composed his Miscellany , published in 1727 , it is not easy nor necessary to know ; those ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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