Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 |
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These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than words , contribute no ... Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : The Scotch treaty , ' says he , ' is the only thing now in which we are ...
These letters , being written like those of other men whose mind is more on things than words , contribute no ... Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : The Scotch treaty , ' says he , ' is the only thing now in which we are ...
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Religion , ' says Waller , ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity ... and the first impediment which men naturally endeavour to remove , is the want of those things without which they ...
Religion , ' says Waller , ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity ... and the first impediment which men naturally endeavour to remove , is the want of those things without which they ...
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He wrote a vindication of his own lines ; and , if he is forced to yield any thing , makes reprisals upon his enemy . To say that his answer is equal to the censure , is no high commendation . To expose Dryden's method of analysing his ...
He wrote a vindication of his own lines ; and , if he is forced to yield any thing , makes reprisals upon his enemy . To say that his answer is equal to the censure , is no high commendation . To expose Dryden's method of analysing his ...
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