Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... occasion of the son's being left very young in the hands of a near relation ( one who married Mr. Neale's sister ) whose name was Smith . ' This gentleman and his lady treated him as their own child , 4 and put him to Westminster ...
... occasion of the son's being left very young in the hands of a near relation ( one who married Mr. Neale's sister ) whose name was Smith . ' This gentleman and his lady treated him as their own child , 4 and put him to Westminster ...
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... occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr. Addison espoused his interest ' , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind . But ...
... occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr. Addison espoused his interest ' , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind . But ...
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... occasion I have not heard any thing memorable . As his years advanced , he advanced in reputation : for he 36 continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence that , April ...
... occasion I have not heard any thing memorable . As his years advanced , he advanced in reputation : for he 36 continued to cultivate his mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence that , April ...
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... 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 dignity and softness ' . There are some ' For Thomson's loss of a place by the ...
... 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 dignity and softness ' . There are some ' For Thomson's loss of a place by the ...
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... 133 . 8 Fifteen Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions , 1714. His preach- ing had been commended by Felton in 1710 in his Dissertation on the Classics , ed . 1753 , p . 181 . been bad in the first part of his life , DUKE.
... 133 . 8 Fifteen Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions , 1714. His preach- ing had been commended by Felton in 1710 in his Dissertation on the Classics , ed . 1753 , p . 181 . been bad in the first part of his life , DUKE.
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