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... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg- nancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or am- bition of eloquence , has produced a funeral ora ...
... written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg- nancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or am- bition of eloquence , has produced a funeral ora ...
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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 co- medy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till been sometime 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 co- medy called " Love's Riddle , " though it was not published till been sometime at Cambridge ...
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... writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of ... written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing in- tellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court ...
... writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses as stood the trial of the finger better than of ... written with narrow views , and , instead of tracing in- tellectual pleasures in the minds of men , paid their court ...
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... written , some as they were dic - imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , tated by a mind at leisure , and some as they would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of were called forth by different occasions , with this ...
... written , some as they were dic - imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , tated by a mind at leisure , and some as they would crackle in the fire . It is the odd fate of were called forth by different occasions , with this ...
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... written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduction : " she " plays round the head ; but reaches not the heart . " Her beauty and ...
... written with exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that Cowley's Mistress has no power of seduction : " she " plays round the head ; but reaches not the heart . " Her beauty and ...
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