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Page 153
... March 1 , 1710-11 . ' March 16 , 1710-11 . Have you seen The Spectator yet ? It is written by Mr. Steele , who seems to have gathered new life , and have a new fund of wit . I believe Addison and he club . ' April 28 , 1711. It is ...
... March 1 , 1710-11 . ' March 16 , 1710-11 . Have you seen The Spectator yet ? It is written by Mr. Steele , who seems to have gathered new life , and have a new fund of wit . I believe Addison and he club . ' April 28 , 1711. It is ...
Page 165
... March 22 , 1708-9 , Swift wrote : - ' The vogue of operas holds up wonderfully , though we have had them a year ; but I design to set up a party among the wits to run them down by next winter . ' Works , xv . 323. Operas are attacked on ...
... March 22 , 1708-9 , Swift wrote : - ' The vogue of operas holds up wonderfully , though we have had them a year ; but I design to set up a party among the wits to run them down by next winter . ' Works , xv . 323. Operas are attacked on ...
Page 385
... March 7 , 1732-3 , quoted in Cunningham's Lives of the Poets , ii . 399 . I The Genius of Liberty , A Poem . Occasioned by the Departure of the Prince and Princess of Orange , Eng . Poets , xli . 284 ; advertised in Gent . Mag . 1734 ...
... March 7 , 1732-3 , quoted in Cunningham's Lives of the Poets , ii . 399 . I The Genius of Liberty , A Poem . Occasioned by the Departure of the Prince and Princess of Orange , Eng . Poets , xli . 284 ; advertised in Gent . Mag . 1734 ...
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