LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... says Sprat , to 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 propagate a wonder ...
... says Sprat , to 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 propagate a wonder ...
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... says was neither written nor acted , but roughdrawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though ...
... says was neither written nor acted , but roughdrawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his reputation ; though ...
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... says , " is the only thing now in which we are vitaj " concerned ; I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from be- " lieving , that an agreement will be made : all people upon the place incline to " that of union . The ...
... says , " is the only thing now in which we are vitaj " concerned ; I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from be- " lieving , that an agreement will be made : all people upon the place incline to " that of union . The ...
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Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other " hands ; " and ... says , that it was used by the Pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the ...
Samuel Johnson. Some years afterwards , " business , " says Sprat , " passed of course into other " hands ; " and ... says , that it was used by the Pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the ...
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... says Wood , " by certain persons , enemies to the Muses . " The * By May's Poem , we are here to understand a continuation of , Lucan's Pharsalia , to the death of Julius Caesar , b Thomaay , an eminent ppetun hi tor a wh reigns of ...
... says Wood , " by certain persons , enemies to the Muses . " The * By May's Poem , we are here to understand a continuation of , Lucan's Pharsalia , to the death of Julius Caesar , b Thomaay , an eminent ppetun hi tor a wh reigns of ...
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