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Page 135
... afterwards , when Mr. Sav- age's necessities returned , he encouraged a subscrip- tion to a Miscellany of Poems in a very extraordinary manner , by publishing his story in The Plain Dealer , with some affecting lines , which he asserts ...
... afterwards , when Mr. Sav- age's necessities returned , he encouraged a subscrip- tion to a Miscellany of Poems in a very extraordinary manner , by publishing his story in The Plain Dealer , with some affecting lines , which he asserts ...
Page 252
... afterwards [ 1728 ] Dennis published some remarks upon it , with very little force and with no effect ; for the opinion of the public was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published ...
... afterwards [ 1728 ] Dennis published some remarks upon it , with very little force and with no effect ; for the opinion of the public was already settled , and it was no longer at the mercy of criticism . About this time he published ...
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... afterwards ( 1727 ) joined with Swift , who was then in England , to published three volumes of Miscellanies , in which amongst other things he in- serted the Memoirs of a Parish Clerk , in ridicule of Burnet's importance in his own ...
... afterwards ( 1727 ) joined with Swift , who was then in England , to published three volumes of Miscellanies , in which amongst other things he in- serted the Memoirs of a Parish Clerk , in ridicule of Burnet's importance in his own ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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