Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... preface that part of it had appeared about twelve years earlier in the Weekly Miscellany . To this Oldmixon published a Reply , re- printed in Burton's Genuineness , & c . , P. 141 . 5 Burton shows on pp . 103 , 113 that he was a Whig ...
... preface that part of it had appeared about twelve years earlier in the Weekly Miscellany . To this Oldmixon published a Reply , re- printed in Burton's Genuineness , & c . , P. 141 . 5 Burton shows on pp . 103 , 113 that he was a Whig ...
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... Preface , p . 5. See also the preface to W. D. Macray's edition of the History ( Clarendon Press , 1888 ) . ] For Oldmixon see post , Addison , 83. Aldrich , Atterbury , and Smal- ridge were successively Deans of Smith's College ...
... Preface , p . 5. See also the preface to W. D. Macray's edition of the History ( Clarendon Press , 1888 ) . ] For Oldmixon see post , Addison , 83. Aldrich , Atterbury , and Smal- ridge were successively Deans of Smith's College ...
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... Preface , p . 14 ; Remains , p . 15. See also Blackstone's Comm . iii . 66 . 3 Post , SHEFFIELD , I n . 4 Post , SHEFFIELD , 20. The Earl was the grandson of the Earl men- tioned ante , MILTON , 143. See Collins's Peerage , 1756 , ii ...
... Preface , p . 14 ; Remains , p . 15. See also Blackstone's Comm . iii . 66 . 3 Post , SHEFFIELD , I n . 4 Post , SHEFFIELD , 20. The Earl was the grandson of the Earl men- tioned ante , MILTON , 143. See Collins's Peerage , 1756 , ii ...
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... Preface , p . 21 ; post , PRIOR , 22 ; SWIFT , 39 . The Duke died in 1707. The adulation mainly lay in Kennet's praise of the Duke as a patriot . Measured by the standard of the day the sermon was not adulatory . Ken- net , writes ...
... Preface , p . 21 ; post , PRIOR , 22 ; SWIFT , 39 . The Duke died in 1707. The adulation mainly lay in Kennet's praise of the Duke as a patriot . Measured by the standard of the day the sermon was not adulatory . Ken- net , writes ...
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... Preface , p . 112 . 3 ' Tis true , great name , thou art secure From the forgetfulness and rage Of death , or envy , or devouring age ; Thou canst the force and teeth of time endure : Thy fame , like men , the elder it doth grow , Will ...
... Preface , p . 112 . 3 ' Tis true , great name , thou art secure From the forgetfulness and rage Of death , or envy , or devouring age ; Thou canst the force and teeth of time endure : Thy fame , like men , the elder it doth grow , Will ...
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