Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1952 - English poetry |
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... reads them here , persuades him- self that he has always felt them . Had Gray written often thus , it had been vain to blame , and useless to praise him . LYTTELTON GEORGE LYTTELTON , the son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton 464 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... reads them here , persuades him- self that he has always felt them . Had Gray written often thus , it had been vain to blame , and useless to praise him . LYTTELTON GEORGE LYTTELTON , the son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton 464 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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Samuel Johnson. LYTTELTON GEORGE LYTTELTON , the son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton of Hagley in Worcestershire , was born in 1709. He was educated at Eton , where he was so much distinguished , that his exercises were recommended as models to ...
Samuel Johnson. LYTTELTON GEORGE LYTTELTON , the son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton of Hagley in Worcestershire , was born in 1709. He was educated at Eton , where he was so much distinguished , that his exercises were recommended as models to ...
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... Lyttelton from the Secret Committee . The Prince of Wales , being ( 1737 ) driven from St. James's , kept a separate court , and opened his arms to the opponents of the ministry . Mr. Lyttelton became his secretary , and was supposed to ...
... Lyttelton from the Secret Committee . The Prince of Wales , being ( 1737 ) driven from St. James's , kept a separate court , and opened his arms to the opponents of the ministry . Mr. Lyttelton became his secretary , and was supposed to ...
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