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... lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age , at Caen in Normandy , one day was , as it were , madly extravagant in playing , leaping , getting over the tables , boards , & c . He was wont to be sober enough ; they said , God grant ...
... lord Roscommon , being a boy of ten years of age , at Caen in Normandy , one day was , as it were , madly extravagant in playing , leaping , getting over the tables , boards , & c . He was wont to be sober enough ; they said , God grant ...
Page 167
... Lord Roscommon's Essay on Trans- lated Verse , ' says Dryden , which made me uneasy , till I tried whether or no I was capable of follow- ing his rules , and of reducing the speculation into practice . For many a fair precept in poetry ...
... Lord Roscommon's Essay on Trans- lated Verse , ' says Dryden , which made me uneasy , till I tried whether or no I was capable of follow- ing his rules , and of reducing the speculation into practice . For many a fair precept in poetry ...
Page 169
... Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . ' Lord Roscommon , ' says she , is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very finely , in some ...
... Sir Charles Cotterel , has given the history . ' Lord Roscommon , ' says she , is certainly one of the most promising young noblemen in Ireland . He has paraphrased a Psalm admirably , and a scene of Pastor Fido very finely , in some ...
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