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... • GARTH 149 SHENSTONE 330 ROWE · 151 YOUNG 334 · • ADDISON · 155 MALLET 345 • HUGHES SHEFFIELD PRIOR · · 175 AKENSIDE · 353 · 177 GRAY · • 355 · 179 LYTTELTON · 360 cal compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and.
... • GARTH 149 SHENSTONE 330 ROWE · 151 YOUNG 334 · • ADDISON · 155 MALLET 345 • HUGHES SHEFFIELD PRIOR · · 175 AKENSIDE · 353 · 177 GRAY · • 355 · 179 LYTTELTON · 360 cal compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and.
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... compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of ...
... compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of ...
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... improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- 6 . COWLEY .
... improvement dearly bought , and , though he sometimes admires , is seldom pleased . From this account of their compositions it will be readily inferred , that they were not be retrieved , or something new is to be exam- 6 . COWLEY .
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... compositions , written , some as they were dic - imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , tated by a mind at ... composition unrivalled and alone : such gayety of fancy , such facility of expression , such varied similitude ...
... compositions , written , some as they were dic - imagining how his crown of bays , if he had it , tated by a mind at ... composition unrivalled and alone : such gayety of fancy , such facility of expression , such varied similitude ...
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... compositions are such as might exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of have been written for penance by a hermit , or learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that , for hire by a philosophical rhymer who had only prevailed ...
... compositions are such as might exuberance of wit , and with copiousness of have been written for penance by a hermit , or learning ; and it is truly asserted by Sprat , that , for hire by a philosophical rhymer who had only prevailed ...
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