Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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... John- son and Boswell were shown ' a rocky steep with recesses under projections of rock , overshadowed with trees , in one of which recesses , ' writes Bos- well , ' we were told Congreve wrote his Old Bachelor . Boswell's John- son ...
... John- son and Boswell were shown ' a rocky steep with recesses under projections of rock , overshadowed with trees , in one of which recesses , ' writes Bos- well , ' we were told Congreve wrote his Old Bachelor . Boswell's John- son ...
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... John . Misc . i . 153 . The plots of Congreve soon puzzle us , and we cease to think of them . ' LEIGH HUNT , Wycherley , & c . , Preface , p . 36 . 2 Johnson's use of amuse is not ours . ' With tea he amuses the evening . ' Boswell's ...
... John . Misc . i . 153 . The plots of Congreve soon puzzle us , and we cease to think of them . ' LEIGH HUNT , Wycherley , & c . , Preface , p . 36 . 2 Johnson's use of amuse is not ours . ' With tea he amuses the evening . ' Boswell's ...
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... John , the son of William Gay , was baptised the 16th day of September , 1685. ' N. & Q. 6 S. xii . 227 ; [ Barnstaple Parish Reg . 1538-1812 , ed . Thos . Wainwright , 1903. ] [ He was born in Barnstaple in the year 1688 ( ? ) and was ...
... John , the son of William Gay , was baptised the 16th day of September , 1685. ' N. & Q. 6 S. xii . 227 ; [ Barnstaple Parish Reg . 1538-1812 , ed . Thos . Wainwright , 1903. ] [ He was born in Barnstaple in the year 1688 ( ? ) and was ...
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