The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... , Prior there- fore continued to act without a title till the Duke returned next year to England , and then he assum- ed the style and dignity of ambassador . But , while he continued in appearance a private man 8 PRIOR .
... , Prior there- fore continued to act without a title till the Duke returned next year to England , and then he assum- ed the style and dignity of ambassador . But , while he continued in appearance a private man 8 PRIOR .
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Samuel Johnson. But , while he continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who ... appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually made . On the first of August ...
Samuel Johnson. But , while he continued in appearance a private man , he was treated with confidence by Lewis , who ... appeared , by the debts which he contracted , that his remittances were not punctually made . On the first of August ...
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... appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet , nobody can live long without knowing that falsehoods of conveni- ence or vanity , falsehoods from which no evil im- mediately visible ensues , except the general degra dation of human ...
... appearance , to be very deficient in candour ; yet , nobody can live long without knowing that falsehoods of conveni- ence or vanity , falsehoods from which no evil im- mediately visible ensues , except the general degra dation of human ...
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... appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of ima gination , and possessed that copiousness of senti ... appearing to have done every thing by chance . " The Old Bachelor " was written for amusement in the languor of ...
... appeared very early , as he very early felt that force of ima gination , and possessed that copiousness of senti ... appearing to have done every thing by chance . " The Old Bachelor " was written for amusement in the languor of ...
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... appearance of tendency to puritanical malignity . This danger , however , was worn away by time ; and Collier , a fierce and implacable nonjuror , knew that an attack upon the theatre would never make him suspected for a puritan ; he ...
... appearance of tendency to puritanical malignity . This danger , however , was worn away by time ; and Collier , a fierce and implacable nonjuror , knew that an attack upon the theatre would never make him suspected for a puritan ; he ...
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