Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... continued a member of that learned and ingenious society till within five years of his own ; though , some time before his leaving Christ - church , he was sent for by his ' His reputation did not win him a place in Campbell's Specimens ...
... continued a member of that learned and ingenious society till within five years of his own ; though , some time before his leaving Christ - church , he was sent for by his ' His reputation did not win him a place in Campbell's Specimens ...
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... continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence that , April 24 , 1700 , the Dean and Chapter declared ' the place of Mr. Smith void , he having been convicted of riotous ...
... continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence that , April 24 , 1700 , the Dean and Chapter declared ' the place of Mr. Smith void , he having been convicted of riotous ...
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... continued in arms during the whole trial . Be- ing found guilty he was prohibited from preaching for three years , and his two sermons were ordered to be burnt by the common hangman . ' Smollett's Hist . of Eng . ii . 174-82 . See also ...
... continued in arms during the whole trial . Be- ing found guilty he was prohibited from preaching for three years , and his two sermons were ordered to be burnt by the common hangman . ' Smollett's Hist . of Eng . ii . 174-82 . See also ...
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... continued in propor- tion to their zeal or pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When Sprat preached , he ...
... continued in propor- tion to their zeal or pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When Sprat preached , he ...
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... continued under James and Charles I by Donne , Crashaw , Cleveland ; carried to its height by Cowley , and ending per- haps in Sprat . ' Mitford , Gray's Works , Preface , p . 112 . 3 ' Tis true , great name , thou art secure From the ...
... continued under James and Charles I by Donne , Crashaw , Cleveland ; carried to its height by Cowley , and ending per- haps in Sprat . ' Mitford , Gray's Works , Preface , p . 112 . 3 ' Tis true , great name , thou art secure From the ...
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