Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... once , than to take by pieces . I shall subjoin such little memorials as accident has enabled me to collect . ' Mr. EDMUND SMITH was the only son of an eminent 3 merchant , one Mr. Neale , by a daughter of the famous baron Lechmere ...
... once , than to take by pieces . I shall subjoin such little memorials as accident has enabled me to collect . ' Mr. EDMUND SMITH was the only son of an eminent 3 merchant , one Mr. Neale , by a daughter of the famous baron Lechmere ...
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... once commended and reproved him by the I By the statutes of Queen Eliza- beth three scholars of Westminster at least were to be elected annually on to the foundation of Christ Church and three to the foundation of Trinity . ' The Dean ...
... once commended and reproved him by the I By the statutes of Queen Eliza- beth three scholars of Westminster at least were to be elected annually on to the foundation of Christ Church and three to the foundation of Trinity . ' The Dean ...
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... once adorn and defend the Christian hero and equip him for the combat . ' Mr. Smith had a long and perfect intimacy with all the Greek 10 and Latin Classicks , with whom he had carefully compared whatever was worth perusing in the ...
... once adorn and defend the Christian hero and equip him for the combat . ' Mr. Smith had a long and perfect intimacy with all the Greek 10 and Latin Classicks , with whom he had carefully compared whatever was worth perusing in the ...
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... once heard a single line too gross to be repeated . But he was still a genius and a scholar , and Oxford was unwilling 40 to lose him : he was endured , with all his pranks and his vices , two years longer ; but on Dec. 20 , 1705 , at ...
... once heard a single line too gross to be repeated . But he was still a genius and a scholar , and Oxford was unwilling 40 to lose him : he was endured , with all his pranks and his vices , two years longer ; but on Dec. 20 , 1705 , at ...
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... once a design hinted at by Oldisworth to have made him useful . One evening , as he was sitting with a friend at a tavern , he was called down by the waiter , and , having staid some time below , came up thoughtful . After a pause ...
... once a design hinted at by Oldisworth to have made him useful . One evening , as he was sitting with a friend at a tavern , he was called down by the waiter , and , having staid some time below , came up thoughtful . After a pause ...
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