Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... present lodged 3 ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable invitation . 25 ' His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an ...
... present lodged 3 ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable invitation . 25 ' His greatest and noblest undertaking was Longinus . He had finished an ...
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... present day . ' His fame lasted long . Forty- three years after his death Joseph Warton , in The Adventurer , No. 59 , described how ' minute rhymers neg- lect to change their linen because Smith was a sloven . ' This story I heard from ...
... present day . ' His fame lasted long . Forty- three years after his death Joseph Warton , in The Adventurer , No. 59 , described how ' minute rhymers neg- lect to change their linen because Smith was a sloven . ' This story I heard from ...
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... present question required ; 64 and when his friends expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself ...
... present question required ; 64 and when his friends expressed their wonder at his acquisitions , made in a state of apparent negligence and drunkenness , he never discovered his hours of reading or method of study , but involved himself ...
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... present Con- troversy concerning the Epistles of Phalaris . Works , i . 133 . 7 Lister was a physician and naturalist ; he contributed largely to the Phil . Trans . of the Royal Society . Ib . i . 189. King , in his travesty , which he ...
... present Con- troversy concerning the Epistles of Phalaris . Works , i . 133 . 7 Lister was a physician and naturalist ; he contributed largely to the Phil . Trans . of the Royal Society . Ib . i . 189. King , in his travesty , which he ...
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... Present State of Wit ( 1711 ) , attributed to Gay , the writer , referring to the Transactions , says : -Though Dr. King has a world of wit , yet , as it lies in one particular way of raillery , the town soon grew weary of his writings ...
... Present State of Wit ( 1711 ) , attributed to Gay , the writer , referring to the Transactions , says : -Though Dr. King has a world of wit , yet , as it lies in one particular way of raillery , the town soon grew weary of his writings ...
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