Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... died in 1648 , bequeathed £ 5 annually to be paid to some M.A. of Christ Church , chosen by the Dean , for a speech in honour of Sir Thomas Bodley . ' Smith delivered the speech in 1701 . The MS . is in the Library , ' very beautifully ...
... died in 1648 , bequeathed £ 5 annually to be paid to some M.A. of Christ Church , chosen by the Dean , for a speech in honour of Sir Thomas Bodley . ' Smith delivered the speech in 1701 . The MS . is in the Library , ' very beautifully ...
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... died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . 31 This ode , which closed the second volume of the Muse Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to ...
... died in 1691 , and whose praise must have been written by Smith when he had been yet but two years in the university . 31 This ode , which closed the second volume of the Muse Anglicana , though perhaps some objections may be made to ...
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... died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can shew , an elegant mixture of fond- ness and admiration , of ...
... died John Philips , the friend and fellow - collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can shew , an elegant mixture of fond- ness and admiration , of ...
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... POPE , 122 , 153. Duckett was a Commissioner of the Excise . He died on Oct. 6 , 1732. Gent . Mag . 1732 , p . 1030 . Gartham in the Lives . Hartham is near Chippenham . 57 58 59 danger . Smith , not pleased with EDMUND SMITH 17.
... POPE , 122 , 153. Duckett was a Commissioner of the Excise . He died on Oct. 6 , 1732. Gent . Mag . 1732 , p . 1030 . Gartham in the Lives . Hartham is near Chippenham . 57 58 59 danger . Smith , not pleased with EDMUND SMITH 17.
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... him great honour and respect . He refused the oaths , and died a non- juror . ' 5 This , I suppose , means that Urry had been a halberdier . ferre hactenus distuli , judicii tui acumen subveritus magis quam EDMUND SMITH 21.
... him great honour and respect . He refused the oaths , and died a non- juror . ' 5 This , I suppose , means that Urry had been a halberdier . ferre hactenus distuli , judicii tui acumen subveritus magis quam EDMUND SMITH 21.
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