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... poem of Advice to a Weaver of Tapestry . Steele was then publishing The Tatler ; and looking round him for something at which he might laugh , unluckily lighted on Sir Richard's work , and treated it with such contempt , that , as ...
... poem of Advice to a Weaver of Tapestry . Steele was then publishing The Tatler ; and looking round him for something at which he might laugh , unluckily lighted on Sir Richard's work , and treated it with such contempt , that , as ...
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... poem , when he afterwards reprinted it in The Gentleman's Magazine , from whence I have copied it entire , as this was one of the few attempts in which Mr. Savage succeeded . [ 1738 ] . MR . URBAN , -In your Magazine for February you ...
... poem , when he afterwards reprinted it in The Gentleman's Magazine , from whence I have copied it entire , as this was one of the few attempts in which Mr. Savage succeeded . [ 1738 ] . MR . URBAN , -In your Magazine for February you ...
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... poem to him . For this purpose he made choice of a subject which could regard only persons of the highest rank and greatest affluence , and which was therefore proper for a poem intended to procure the patronage of a prince ; and having ...
... poem to him . For this purpose he made choice of a subject which could regard only persons of the highest rank and greatest affluence , and which was therefore proper for a poem intended to procure the patronage of a prince ; and having ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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