Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 - English poetry |
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... give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . ' Soon after the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris . It ...
... give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen , who are not much better politicians than the French are poets . ' Soon after the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris . It ...
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... give than such a son . One of the passages of Pope's life , which seems to deserve some enquiry , was a publication of Letters be- tween him and many of his friends , which falling into the hands of Curll , a rapacious bookseller of no ...
... give than such a son . One of the passages of Pope's life , which seems to deserve some enquiry , was a publication of Letters be- tween him and many of his friends , which falling into the hands of Curll , a rapacious bookseller of no ...
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Samuel Johnson. that dress could give it . His conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without ... give way , as the succession of things produces new topicks of conversation , and other modes of amusement ...
Samuel Johnson. that dress could give it . His conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without ... give way , as the succession of things produces new topicks of conversation , and other modes of amusement ...
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