Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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... told me he hated to hear people whine about meta- physical distresses , when there was so much want and hunger in the world . I told him I supposed then he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore , who had died for want of a loaf of ...
... told me he hated to hear people whine about meta- physical distresses , when there was so much want and hunger in the world . I told him I supposed then he never wept at any tragedy but Jane Shore , who had died for want of a loaf of ...
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... told him , and asked what he would have done if the proposal had been made . ' Sir , ' said he , ' I would have discovered it to the king whom I then served . ' To which King William replied , ' I cannot blame you " . ' Finding king ...
... told him , and asked what he would have done if the proposal had been made . ' Sir , ' said he , ' I would have discovered it to the king whom I then served . ' To which King William replied , ' I cannot blame you " . ' Finding king ...
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... told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ' ; an answer which perplexed them because it supplied no accusation against either . 36 ' Could any thing be more absurd ...
... told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrewsbury was absent , but he could not remember which ' ; an answer which perplexed them because it supplied no accusation against either . 36 ' Could any thing be more absurd ...
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