The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes re- membered , and perhaps sometimes ... relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordi ...
... relates , irrecoverably a poet . Such are the accidents which , sometimes re- membered , and perhaps sometimes ... relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordi ...
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... relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much taken notice of by the royal party , ) he obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of ...
... relates , " complying with the men then in power ( which was much taken notice of by the royal party , ) he obtained an order to be created doctor of physic ; which being done to his mind ( whereby he gained the ill - will of some of ...
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... relate , what I fear is true , that Milton was one of the last students in either Uni- versity that suffered the public indignity of corpo- ral correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him , that he ...
... relate , what I fear is true , that Milton was one of the last students in either Uni- versity that suffered the public indignity of corpo- ral correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him , that he ...
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... relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the plea- sures of the theatre afford him . Plays were ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions but the thoughts of ...
... relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the plea- sures of the theatre afford him . Plays were ... relate to canonical obedience . I know not any of the Articles which seem to thwart his opinions but the thoughts of ...
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Samuel Johnson. spare diet and hard study ; for , as Philips relates , " having for a month led a philosophic life , after having been used at home to a great house , and much company and joviality , her friends , possi- bly by her own ...
Samuel Johnson. spare diet and hard study ; for , as Philips relates , " having for a month led a philosophic life , after having been used at home to a great house , and much company and joviality , her friends , possi- bly by her own ...
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