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... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain pre- servative from oblivion . At Florence ...
... wrote so much , and praised so few . Of his praise he was very frugal ; as he set its value high , and considered his mention of a name as a security against the waste of time , and a certain pre- servative from oblivion . At Florence ...
Page 217
... wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , be- cause the authors yet lay no claim to publick honours , and are therefore not considered as rivals by the dis- STEPNEY 217.
... wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the performances of youth have many favourers , be- cause the authors yet lay no claim to publick honours , and are therefore not considered as rivals by the dis- STEPNEY 217.
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... wrote to Pope ; and 1711 , when Pope praised him in his Essay . The epitaph makes him forty - six years old : if Wood's account be right he died in 1709 . He is known more by his familiarity with greater men than by anything done or ...
... wrote to Pope ; and 1711 , when Pope praised him in his Essay . The epitaph makes him forty - six years old : if Wood's account be right he died in 1709 . He is known more by his familiarity with greater men than by anything done or ...
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