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... thought them good , and did not seek for better . His works may be read a long time without the occurrence of a single line that stands prominent from the rest . The poem on Creation has , however , the appearance of more circumspection ...
... thought them good , and did not seek for better . His works may be read a long time without the occurrence of a single line that stands prominent from the rest . The poem on Creation has , however , the appearance of more circumspection ...
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... thought it his interest to extinguish the memory of the first tragedy , which he could only do by writing one less defective upon the same story ; by which he should entirely defeat the artifice of the booksellers , who , after the ...
... thought it his interest to extinguish the memory of the first tragedy , which he could only do by writing one less defective upon the same story ; by which he should entirely defeat the artifice of the booksellers , who , after the ...
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... thought his " death - bed . " By these extraordinary poems , written after he was sixty , of which I have been led ... Thought . " Indeed it was originally printed as the conclusion of the Night Thoughts , though he did not gather it ...
... thought his " death - bed . " By these extraordinary poems , written after he was sixty , of which I have been led ... Thought . " Indeed it was originally printed as the conclusion of the Night Thoughts , though he did not gather it ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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