LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... soon distinguished . He was wont , 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 ...
... soon distinguished . He was wont , 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 ...
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... Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the usurping powers , who were sent out in quest of another man ; and heing examined Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experiment of their future ...
... Soon after his return to London he was seized by some messengers of the usurping powers , who were sent out in quest of another man ; and heing examined Falkland , being in the Bodleian library , made this experiment of their future ...
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... soon the market fails , Your sex lives faster than the males ; And if to measure age's span , The sober Julian were th ' account of man , Whilst you live by the fleet Gregorian . CLEIVELAND . OF enormous and disgusting hyperboles ...
... soon the market fails , Your sex lives faster than the males ; And if to measure age's span , The sober Julian were th ' account of man , Whilst you live by the fleet Gregorian . CLEIVELAND . OF enormous and disgusting hyperboles ...
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... soon resigned that charge ,, and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published " Cooper's Hill . " This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the ...
... soon resigned that charge ,, and retreated to Oxford , where , in 1643 , he published " Cooper's Hill . " This poem had such reputation as to excite the common artifice by which envy degrades excellence . A report was spread , that the ...
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... soon after the accession of King James , he was knighted and made a Judge ; but , his constitution being too weak for business , he re- tired before any disreputable compliances became necessary . He had likewise a daughter Anne , whom ...
... soon after the accession of King James , he was knighted and made a Judge ; but , his constitution being too weak for business , he re- tired before any disreputable compliances became necessary . He had likewise a daughter Anne , whom ...
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