Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 101
... whole exhibition behind the scenes with restless and unappeas- able solicitude . When it was printed notice was given that the Queen would 62 be pleased if it was dedicated to her ; but as he had designed I Berkeley , who saw the first ...
... whole exhibition behind the scenes with restless and unappeas- able solicitude . When it was printed notice was given that the Queen would 62 be pleased if it was dedicated to her ; but as he had designed I Berkeley , who saw the first ...
Page 194
... whole collection was four thousand , to which lord Harley , the son of the earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after ...
... whole collection was four thousand , to which lord Harley , the son of the earl of Oxford , to whom he had invariably adhered , added an equal sum for the purchase of Down - hall , which Prior was to enjoy during life , and Harley after ...
Page 365
... whole per- formance is not so much a regular fabrick as a heap of shining materials thrown together by accident , which strikes rather with the solemn magnificence of a stupendous ruin than the elegant grandeur of a finished pile . This ...
... whole per- formance is not so much a regular fabrick as a heap of shining materials thrown together by accident , which strikes rather with the solemn magnificence of a stupendous ruin than the elegant grandeur of a finished pile . This ...
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