Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... written by David Hume to Strahan , which in the summer of the preceding year he had had the opportunity of examining ... writing , though the great study of his life was still the subject . In this book he traces Johnson's journey ...
... written by David Hume to Strahan , which in the summer of the preceding year he had had the opportunity of examining ... writing , though the great study of his life was still the subject . In this book he traces Johnson's journey ...
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... written by Swift to Knightley Chetwode between 1714 and 1731. The book appeared in 1899 . The knowledge gained in the editing of these letters doubtless did much to prepare the way for the view which he takes of the Dean's character in ...
... written by Swift to Knightley Chetwode between 1714 and 1731. The book appeared in 1899 . The knowledge gained in the editing of these letters doubtless did much to prepare the way for the view which he takes of the Dean's character in ...
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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose pregnancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration ...
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... written but printed in his thirteenth year , containing , with other poetical compositions , & c . , 1719. By Jonathan Richardson . See Northcote's Reynolds , i . 14 , and Leslie and Taylor's Reynolds , i . 9 . Reynolds told Malone that ...
... written but printed in his thirteenth year , containing , with other poetical compositions , & c . , 1719. By Jonathan Richardson . See Northcote's Reynolds , i . 14 , and Leslie and Taylor's Reynolds , i . 9 . Reynolds told Malone that ...
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... written when he was ten years old , and Constantia and Philetus , written two years after ' . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called Love's Riddle , though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge ...
... written when he was ten years old , and Constantia and Philetus , written two years after ' . While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called Love's Riddle , though it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge ...
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