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... written so much and translated so little : the version of Callimachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful . " Alma " is written in professed imitation of " Hudibras ...
... written so much and translated so little : the version of Callimachus is sufficiently licentious ; the paraphrase on St. Paul's Exhortation to Charity is eminently beautiful . " Alma " is written in professed imitation of " Hudibras ...
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... written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was ...
... written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in a slow recovery from a fit of sickness . Afterwards , through my indiscretion , it was ...
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... written twice over ; I gave him a clean transcript , which he sent some time afterwards to me for the press , with almost every line written twice over a second time . His declaration , that his care for his works ceased at their ...
... written twice over ; I gave him a clean transcript , which he sent some time afterwards to me for the press , with almost every line written twice over a second time . His declaration , that his care for his works ceased at their ...
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