Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... person , which yet was so well turned that no neglect of himself in his dress could render it disagreeable ; insomuch that the fair sex , who observed and esteemed him , at once commended and reproved him by the I By the statutes of ...
... person , which yet was so well turned that no neglect of himself in his dress could render it disagreeable ; insomuch that the fair sex , who observed and esteemed him , at once commended and reproved him by the I By the statutes of ...
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... person praised . I do not remember to have seen any thing like it in Dr. Bathurst , who had made some attempts this way with applause . He was an excellent judge of humanity ; and so good an historian that in familiar discourse he would ...
... person praised . I do not remember to have seen any thing like it in Dr. Bathurst , who had made some attempts this way with applause . He was an excellent judge of humanity ; and so good an historian that in familiar discourse he would ...
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... persons of a refined taste about town was remarkable on this 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 ...
... persons of a refined taste about town was remarkable on this 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 ...
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... person who , upon hearing an extraordinary circumstance told , discovered more of the incredu- lus odi . Boswell's Johnson , iii . 229 . Johnson quotes the play in his Dictionary , under Startle . See N. & Q . I S. xi . 368 . 6 7 Ante ...
... person who , upon hearing an extraordinary circumstance told , discovered more of the incredu- lus odi . Boswell's Johnson , iii . 229 . Johnson quotes the play in his Dictionary , under Startle . See N. & Q . I S. xi . 368 . 6 7 Ante ...
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... persons alighted . ' They were the Clerk of the Council and a King's Messenger who came to search the house and arrest the Bishop . Sprat's Relation , p . 8 . 5 Ib . p . 70 . 6 Ib . p . 23 . ? Ib . pp . 26 , 51 . 8 lb. pp . 42 , 68 . 9 ...
... persons alighted . ' They were the Clerk of the Council and a King's Messenger who came to search the house and arrest the Bishop . Sprat's Relation , p . 8 . 5 Ib . p . 70 . 6 Ib . p . 23 . ? Ib . pp . 26 , 51 . 8 lb. pp . 42 , 68 . 9 ...
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