Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth2 with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show ' what fine things one man of parts can say of another 3 , and which , however , comprises great part of what can be ...
... character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth2 with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show ' what fine things one man of parts can say of another 3 , and which , however , comprises great part of what can be ...
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... character . ' A man who , under poverty , calamities , and disappointments , 21 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 ...
... character . ' A man who , under poverty , calamities , and disappointments , 21 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 ...
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... character was true of him : ' that most of his faults brought their excuse with them ' . ' 23 ' Those who blamed him most understood him least : it being the custom of the vulgar to charge an excess upon the most complaisant , and to ...
... character was true of him : ' that most of his faults brought their excuse with them ' . ' 23 ' Those who blamed him most understood him least : it being the custom of the vulgar to charge an excess upon the most complaisant , and to ...
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... character of lord Sunderland3 ? " and Addison immediately returned , " When , Rag , were you drunk last ? " and went away . ' 44 Captain Rag was a name which he got at Oxford by his negligence of dress * . points out that the society of ...
... character of lord Sunderland3 ? " and Addison immediately returned , " When , Rag , were you drunk last ? " and went away . ' 44 Captain Rag was a name which he got at Oxford by his negligence of dress * . points out that the society of ...
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... character of our common friend : but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure 2 . In the Library at Oxford ...
... character of our common friend : but what are the hopes of man ! I am disappointed by that stroke of death , which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure 2 . In the Library at Oxford ...
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