Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... effect is not known . He was probably [ In 1777 the work was still un- published . Gent . Mag . xlvii . 110 , 371. In 1739 had appeared a trans- lation of Longinus by William Smith , D.D. , of New College , Oxford , after- wards Dean of ...
... effect is not known . He was probably [ In 1777 the work was still un- published . Gent . Mag . xlvii . 110 , 371. In 1739 had appeared a trans- lation of Longinus by William Smith , D.D. , of New College , Oxford , after- wards Dean of ...
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... effect , from the King's arrival in England on Sept. 18. On Oct. 5 Halifax was made first commissioner of the treasury , on Oct. 16 K.G. , and on Oct. 19 Earl . In 1694 , in An Account of the Greatest English Poets , among whom ...
... effect , from the King's arrival in England on Sept. 18. On Oct. 5 Halifax was made first commissioner of the treasury , on Oct. 16 K.G. , and on Oct. 19 Earl . In 1694 , in An Account of the Greatest English Poets , among whom ...
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... effect ; for that a rigid dissenter , who chanced to dine at his house on Christmas Day , had been observed to eat very plentifully of his plum - porridge . ' < William Bromley , on Nov. 28 , 1704 , spoke in favour of tacking the bill ...
... effect ; for that a rigid dissenter , who chanced to dine at his house on Christmas Day , had been observed to eat very plentifully of his plum - porridge . ' < William Bromley , on Nov. 28 , 1704 , spoke in favour of tacking the bill ...
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... effect " . 10 He tells us that The Bookworm is borrowed from Beza 8 ; but he should have added with modern applications , and when he discovers that Gay Bacchus is translated from Augurellus , he ' Burialls , 1718. Arch Deacon Tho ...
... effect " . 10 He tells us that The Bookworm is borrowed from Beza 8 ; but he should have added with modern applications , and when he discovers that Gay Bacchus is translated from Augurellus , he ' Burialls , 1718. Arch Deacon Tho ...
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... effect of the fiction . Lothario , with gaiety which cannot be hated , and bravery which cannot be despised , retains too much of the spectator's kindness . It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and ...
... effect of the fiction . Lothario , with gaiety which cannot be hated , and bravery which cannot be despised , retains too much of the spectator's kindness . It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and ...
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