Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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Samuel Johnson. J. PHILIPS JOHN PHILIPS was born on the 30th of December , 1676 , at Bampton in Oxfordshire ; of which place his father Dr. Stephen Philips , archdeacon of Salop , was minister . The first part of his education was ...
Samuel Johnson. J. PHILIPS JOHN PHILIPS was born on the 30th of December , 1676 , at Bampton in Oxfordshire ; of which place his father Dr. Stephen Philips , archdeacon of Salop , was minister . The first part of his education was ...
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... PHILIPS Matre ipsius pientissimâ , Dilecti Filii Memoriae non sine Lacrymis dicatum . His Epitaph at Westminster : Herefordiae conduntur Ossa , Hoc in Delubro statuitur Imago , Britanniam omnem pervagatur Fama JOHANNIS PHILIPS : Qui ...
... PHILIPS Matre ipsius pientissimâ , Dilecti Filii Memoriae non sine Lacrymis dicatum . His Epitaph at Westminster : Herefordiae conduntur Ossa , Hoc in Delubro statuitur Imago , Britanniam omnem pervagatur Fama JOHANNIS PHILIPS : Qui ...
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... Philips's case . ' But I take generally the ignorance of his readers to be the occasion of their dislike . People that have formed their taste upon the French writers , can have no relish for Philips : they admire points and turns , and ...
... Philips's case . ' But I take generally the ignorance of his readers to be the occasion of their dislike . People that have formed their taste upon the French writers , can have no relish for Philips : they admire points and turns , and ...
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