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... SAVAGE · 214 84 SWIFT · 250 85 BROOME 254 2.64 WALSH DRYDEN • 91 POPE 256 2.66 · ib PITT • 314 SMITH • 134 THOMSON • 315 DUKE · · 142 WATTS 320 KING • 143 A. PHILIPS 323 SPRAT • • · 144 WEST 326 • HALIFAX · • 146 COLLINS 327 • PARNELL ...
... SAVAGE · 214 84 SWIFT · 250 85 BROOME 254 2.64 WALSH DRYDEN • 91 POPE 256 2.66 · ib PITT • 314 SMITH • 134 THOMSON • 315 DUKE · · 142 WATTS 320 KING • 143 A. PHILIPS 323 SPRAT • • · 144 WEST 326 • HALIFAX · • 146 COLLINS 327 • PARNELL ...
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... savage ran . ' Tis but because the living death ne'er knew , They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . There with a forest of their darts he strove ...
... savage ran . ' Tis but because the living death ne'er knew , They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . There with a forest of their darts he strove ...
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... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . The play discovers its own date , by a predic- tion of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
... savage Saxon , talks of Venus , and the eagle that bears the thunder of Jupiter . The play discovers its own date , by a predic- tion of the Union , in imitation of Cranmer's prophetic promises to Henry the Eighth . The anticipated ...
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... savage li- cence , practised in many schools at the end of the last century , by which the boys , when the periodical vacation drew near , growing petulent at the approach of liberty , some days before the time of regular recess , took ...
... savage li- cence , practised in many schools at the end of the last century , by which the boys , when the periodical vacation drew near , growing petulent at the approach of liberty , some days before the time of regular recess , took ...
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... savage nature , in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary defects , and passing over his conspicuous ex- cellences . He treats all writers upon the same impartial footing ; and is not , like the little ...
... savage nature , in fastening upon the celebrated author , dwelling upon his imaginary defects , and passing over his conspicuous ex- cellences . He treats all writers upon the same impartial footing ; and is not , like the little ...
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