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Page 129
... believe that much was imputed to him which he did not write . I know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edition was published in the year of his death , with ...
... believe that much was imputed to him which he did not write . I know not by whom the original collection was made , or by what authority its genuineness was ascertained . The first edition was published in the year of his death , with ...
Page 193
... believe every word in his observations on Morocco sense . " In the Empress of Morocco were these lines : I'll travel then to some remoter sphere , Till I find out new worlds , and crown you there . On which Dryden made this remark : " I ...
... believe every word in his observations on Morocco sense . " In the Empress of Morocco were these lines : I'll travel then to some remoter sphere , Till I find out new worlds , and crown you there . On which Dryden made this remark : " I ...
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... believe , first used by Spenser , for the sake of closing his stanza with a fuller sound . We had a longer measure of fourteen syllables , into which the Æneid was translated by Phaer , and other works of the ancients by other writers ...
... believe , first used by Spenser , for the sake of closing his stanza with a fuller sound . We had a longer measure of fourteen syllables , into which the Æneid was translated by Phaer , and other works of the ancients by other writers ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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