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Page 113
... obtained by the preserva- tion of every verse unmingled with another as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of ...
... obtained by the preserva- tion of every verse unmingled with another as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of ...
Page 165
... obtained a rich wife in the city . ” He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and - twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at court ; and , if he ...
... obtained a rich wife in the city . ” He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and - twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at court ; and , if he ...
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... obtained the first notice , with some degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain ; for he came to London and obtained ...
... obtained the first notice , with some degree of discontent , as it seems , in Prior , who probably knew that his own part of the performance was the best . He had not , however , much reason to complain ; for he came to London and obtained ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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