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... hundred pounds , is engraven this epitaph : Sui Temporis Historiam meditanti Paulatim obrepens Febris Operi simul & Vitę filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An . Dom . 1721. Etat . 57 . H. S. E. Vir Eximius , Serenissimis Regi GULIELMO Reginęque ...
... hundred pounds , is engraven this epitaph : Sui Temporis Historiam meditanti Paulatim obrepens Febris Operi simul & Vitę filum abrupit , Sept. 18. An . Dom . 1721. Etat . 57 . H. S. E. Vir Eximius , Serenissimis Regi GULIELMO Reginęque ...
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... hundred pounds a year . Congreve's con- versation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some con- sideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry ...
... hundred pounds a year . Congreve's con- versation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some con- sideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry ...
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... hundred pounds a year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with respect ; and , among other testi- monies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Mis- cellany , and Pope inscribed to ...
... hundred pounds a year . His honours were yet far greater than his profits . Every writer mentioned him with respect ; and , among other testi- monies to his merit , Steele made him the patron of his Mis- cellany , and Pope inscribed to ...
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... hundred verses , except one copy of Latin verses in praise of a friend's book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a per- formance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his ...
... hundred verses , except one copy of Latin verses in praise of a friend's book . " He thinks , and with some reason , that from such a per- formance perfection cannot be expected ; but he finds another reason for the severity of his ...
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... hundred years , without any improvement ; or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient critics to modern writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of ...
... hundred years , without any improvement ; or , if they have ventured farther , have only applied in a mechanical manner the rules of ancient critics to modern writings , and with great labour discovered nothing but their own want of ...
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