The Lives of the English Poets: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 4 pages |
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... relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that Johnson's Lives . I. 1 Sir particular designation of mind , and propensity for some COWLEY.
... relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes remembered , and perhaps sometimes forgotten , produce that Johnson's Lives . I. 1 Sir particular designation of mind , and propensity for some COWLEY.
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... relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . ' This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder . It is surely ...
... relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . ' This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder . It is surely ...
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... relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much taken notice of by the royal party , ) he obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of ...
... relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much taken notice of by the royal party , ) he obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of ...
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... relate , what I fear is true , that Milton was one of the last students in either University that suffered the public indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him , that he was ...
... relate , what I fear is true , that Milton was one of the last students in either University that suffered the public indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him , that he was ...
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... relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts of ...
... relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him . Plays were ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions : but the thoughts of ...
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