Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... published forty years after the Lives . Oldisworth Post , BROOME , _3 . was editor of the Tory Examiner . ' He is , ' wrote Swift , an ingenious fellow , but the most confounded vain coxcomb in the world , so that I dare not let him see ...
... published forty years after the Lives . Oldisworth Post , BROOME , _3 . was editor of the Tory Examiner . ' He is , ' wrote Swift , an ingenious fellow , but the most confounded vain coxcomb in the world , so that I dare not let him see ...
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... 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 Chester . ] 2 Hanley Castle , near Upton upon Severn . Lewis's Top ...
... 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 Chester . ] 2 Hanley Castle , near Upton upon Severn . Lewis's Top ...
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... published triumphantly by Oldmixon , and may be supposed to have been eagerly received ; but its progress was soon checked , for finding its way into the Journal of Trevoux 2 it fell under the eye of Atterbury , then an exile in France ...
... published triumphantly by Oldmixon , and may be supposed to have been eagerly received ; but its progress was soon checked , for finding its way into the Journal of Trevoux 2 it fell under the eye of Atterbury , then an exile in France ...
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... published 1702-4 , was not printed from the originals , but from a transcript . The editors ( the Earl of Rochester , assisted by Dr. Aldrich and Bishop Sprat ) , ' in ac- cordance with the discretion given them by Clarendon's will ...
... published 1702-4 , was not printed from the originals , but from a transcript . The editors ( the Earl of Rochester , assisted by Dr. Aldrich and Bishop Sprat ) , ' in ac- cordance with the discretion given them by Clarendon's will ...
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... published an edition of the History ' carefully collated with the original MSS . now in the Bodleian Library . ' Preface , p . 5. See also the preface to W. D. Macray's edition of the History ( Clarendon Press , 1888 ) . ] For Oldmixon ...
... published an edition of the History ' carefully collated with the original MSS . now in the Bodleian Library . ' Preface , p . 5. See also the preface to W. D. Macray's edition of the History ( Clarendon Press , 1888 ) . ] For Oldmixon ...
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