Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... whole weeks together he could better sort his ideas and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view without interruption or confusion . Some indeed of his acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the ...
... whole weeks together he could better sort his ideas and take in the sundry parts of a science at one view without interruption or confusion . Some indeed of his acquaintance , who were pleased to distinguish between the wit and the ...
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... whole life had once spoken to Smith 3 ; his company being , as must be inferred , not accepted by those who attended to their characters . The charge was afterwards very diligently refuted by Dr. Burton of Eaton , a man eminent for ...
... whole life had once spoken to Smith 3 ; his company being , as must be inferred , not accepted by those who attended to their characters . The charge was afterwards very diligently refuted by Dr. Burton of Eaton , a man eminent for ...
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... whole trial . Be- ing found guilty he was prohibited from preaching for three years , and his two sermons were ordered to be burnt by the common hangman . ' Smollett's Hist . of Eng . ii . 174-82 . See also ante , DRYDEN , 109 ; post ...
... whole trial . Be- ing found guilty he was prohibited from preaching for three years , and his two sermons were ordered to be burnt by the common hangman . ' Smollett's Hist . of Eng . ii . 174-82 . See also ante , DRYDEN , 109 ; post ...
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... whole book ' on Convocation . Hist . of my own Time , iii . 310. In 1718 he was rewarded with the Bishopric of Peter- borough . For his description of Swift at court see post , POPE , 107 . - Some years after Kennet's death Pope , to ...
... whole book ' on Convocation . Hist . of my own Time , iii . 310. In 1718 he was rewarded with the Bishopric of Peter- borough . For his description of Swift at court see post , POPE , 107 . - Some years after Kennet's death Pope , to ...
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... whole design pernicious to their interest they endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found some physicians mean enough to solicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the College . The greater ...
... whole design pernicious to their interest they endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found some physicians mean enough to solicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counsels of the College . The greater ...
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