Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1933 - English poetry |
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... told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrews- bury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accusation against either . " Could any thing be more absurd ...
... told them that either the earl of Oxford or the duke of Shrews- bury was absent , but he could not remember which ; an answer which perplexed them , because it supplied no accusation against either . " Could any thing be more absurd ...
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... told by Pope ; who is more willing , as I have heard observed , to shew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange was never discovered , till Mr ...
... told by Pope ; who is more willing , as I have heard observed , to shew what his father was not , than what he was . It is allowed that he grew rich by trade ; but whether in a shop or on the Exchange was never discovered , till Mr ...
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... told the period spent on stubborn Troy , and you will still leave him more than forty when he sate down to the miserable siege of court favour . He has before told us " A fool at forty is a fool indeed . " After all , the siege seems to ...
... told the period spent on stubborn Troy , and you will still leave him more than forty when he sate down to the miserable siege of court favour . He has before told us " A fool at forty is a fool indeed . " After all , the siege seems to ...
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