Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... writes : - ' As cruel a court as the Inquisition appears , there must , it seems , be full as for- midable a one erected in ourselves . ... We hope that by our method of practice , and the help of the grand Arcanum which we have ...
... writes : - ' As cruel a court as the Inquisition appears , there must , it seems , be full as for- midable a one erected in ourselves . ... We hope that by our method of practice , and the help of the grand Arcanum which we have ...
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... write . It runs and slides , and only makes a sound . Women's - poets they are called , as you have women's- taylors . They write a verse as smooth , as soft as cream , In which there is no torrent nor scarce stream . ' Jonson's Works ...
... write . It runs and slides , and only makes a sound . Women's - poets they are called , as you have women's- taylors . They write a verse as smooth , as soft as cream , In which there is no torrent nor scarce stream . ' Jonson's Works ...
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Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. out by some great men to write a history , which it was for their interest to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I shall not mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though ...
Samuel Johnson George Birkbeck Norman Hill. out by some great men to write a history , which it was for their interest to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I shall not mention for what reasons this design was dropped , though ...
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... write the Phaedra and Hippolitus ) for a people to be so stupidly fond of the Italian opera as scarce to give a ... write verse ; but when we had forsaken him , and he went over to St- [ Steele ] and Ad- [ Addison ] he could not write ...
... write the Phaedra and Hippolitus ) for a people to be so stupidly fond of the Italian opera as scarce to give a ... write verse ; but when we had forsaken him , and he went over to St- [ Steele ] and Ad- [ Addison ] he could not write ...
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... writes : - ' I see Capta Ragg's ( SMITH , 44 ) Works are printed together ... , with a hasty imper- fect account of the author wrote by Oldisworth ' ( SMITH , 2 ) . ] 2 3 4 DUKE ' F Mr. RICHARD DUKE I EDMUND SMITH 23.
... writes : - ' I see Capta Ragg's ( SMITH , 44 ) Works are printed together ... , with a hasty imper- fect account of the author wrote by Oldisworth ' ( SMITH , 2 ) . ] 2 3 4 DUKE ' F Mr. RICHARD DUKE I EDMUND SMITH 23.
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