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He wrote another poem on the death of the duke of Gloucester . ; ' ; ' gr In 1710 he
became fellow of the college ; and next year , entering into orders , was
presented by the fociety with a living in Warwickshire , confif . tent with his
fellowship ...
He wrote another poem on the death of the duke of Gloucester . ; ' ; ' gr In 1710 he
became fellow of the college ; and next year , entering into orders , was
presented by the fociety with a living in Warwickshire , confif . tent with his
fellowship ...
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It is not very unlikely that he wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the
performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no
claim to publick honours , and are therefore . not considered as rivals by the ...
It is not very unlikely that he wrote very early as well as he ever wrote ; and the
performances of youth have many favourers , because the authors yet lay no
claim to publick honours , and are therefore . not considered as rivals by the ...
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It must have happened between 1707 , when he wrote to Pope , and 1711 , when
Pope praised him in the Effay . The epitaph makes him forty - fix years old : if
Wood's account be right , he died in 1709 . He is known more by his familiarity
with ...
It must have happened between 1707 , when he wrote to Pope , and 1711 , when
Pope praised him in the Effay . The epitaph makes him forty - fix years old : if
Wood's account be right , he died in 1709 . He is known more by his familiarity
with ...
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... of which he was a member . He had a genius either for poetry or oratory ; and ,
though very young , composed several very agreeable pieces . In all probability
he would have wrote wrote as finely , as his brother did nobly . J. PHILIPS . 25.
... of which he was a member . He had a genius either for poetry or oratory ; and ,
though very young , composed several very agreeable pieces . In all probability
he would have wrote wrote as finely , as his brother did nobly . J. PHILIPS . 25.
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... if they had been tied to , they would have thought themselves very unhappy .
But to return to Blenheim , that work so much admired by fome , and censured by
others . I have often wished he had wrote wrote it in Latin , that he might be out 38
...
... if they had been tied to , they would have thought themselves very unhappy .
But to return to Blenheim , that work so much admired by fome , and censured by
others . I have often wished he had wrote wrote it in Latin , that he might be out 38
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| Title | preface biograpical and critical, to the works of the english poets |
| Author | samuel johnson |
| Published | 1779 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 Jul 2007 |
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