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... numbers were im- mediately dispersed , and editions were multiplied with unusual rapidity . One circumstance attended the publication which Savage used to relate with great satisfaction . His mother , to whom the poem was with " due ...
... numbers were im- mediately dispersed , and editions were multiplied with unusual rapidity . One circumstance attended the publication which Savage used to relate with great satisfaction . His mother , to whom the poem was with " due ...
Page 259
... number is very small of those who find much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the music of the numbers . If more help was wanting , he had the poetical LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 259.
... number is very small of those who find much in the Greek more than in the Latin , except the music of the numbers . If more help was wanting , he had the poetical LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 259.
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... numbers every light . The conscious swains rejoicing at the sight shepherds gazing with delight Eye the blue vault ... number ; but most other readers are already tired , and I am not writing only to poets and philosophers . The ...
... numbers every light . The conscious swains rejoicing at the sight shepherds gazing with delight Eye the blue vault ... number ; but most other readers are already tired , and I am not writing only to poets and philosophers . The ...
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