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... Character by Oldisworth - Excels in Latin Verse - His loose Life and slovenly Habits - His Tragedy of Phædra and Hippolitus- Buried at Hartham , in Wiltshire - Works and Character - Gilbert Walmsley . EDMUND SMITH is one of those lucky ...
... Character by Oldisworth - Excels in Latin Verse - His loose Life and slovenly Habits - His Tragedy of Phædra and Hippolitus- Buried at Hartham , in Wiltshire - Works and Character - Gilbert Walmsley . EDMUND SMITH is one of those lucky ...
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... character . A man who , under poverty , calamities , and disappointments , could make so many friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the ...
... character . A man who , under poverty , calamities , and disappointments , could make so many friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the ...
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... character Swift has preserved . It was his practice , when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This artifice of mischief was admired by Stella ; and Swift ...
... character Swift has preserved . It was his practice , when he found any man invincibly wrong , to flatter his opinions by acquiescence , and sink him yet deeper in absurdity . This artifice of mischief was admired by Stella ; and Swift ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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