Lives of the English Poets: Swift-LytteltonClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... number of candidates , the strict ex- amination in many branches of learn- ing , and the regularity of life and manners . ' Works , xviii . 241. See also ib . viii . 229 . In the March List of Deaths in Gent . Mag . 1734 , p . 164 , is ...
... number of candidates , the strict ex- amination in many branches of learn- ing , and the regularity of life and manners . ' Works , xviii . 241. See also ib . viii . 229 . In the March List of Deaths in Gent . Mag . 1734 , p . 164 , is ...
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... number of Tory gentlemen sent from the country to Parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , Town , No. 9 , and Description of a City Shower , No. 238 . I Ante , SMITH , 2 n .; KING , 13 ; PRIOR ...
... number of Tory gentlemen sent from the country to Parliament , who formed themselves into a club , to the number of about a hundred , Town , No. 9 , and Description of a City Shower , No. 238 . I Ante , SMITH , 2 n .; KING , 13 ; PRIOR ...
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... number our allies . That is now no longer doubted , of which the nation was then first informed , that the war was unnecessarily protracted to fill the pockets of Marlborough , and that it would have been con- tinued without end if he ...
... number our allies . That is now no longer doubted , of which the nation was then first informed , that the war was unnecessarily protracted to fill the pockets of Marlborough , and that it would have been con- tinued without end if he ...
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... number at that time , when we were not yet a nation of readers * . To its propagation certainly no agency of power or influence was wanting . It furnished arguments for conversation , speeches for debate , and materials for ...
... number at that time , when we were not yet a nation of readers * . To its propagation certainly no agency of power or influence was wanting . It furnished arguments for conversation , speeches for debate , and materials for ...
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... numbers of considerable men teazing me to solicit for them . ' March 8 , 1711-12 . I can serve everybody but myself . Sept. 18 , 1712. Pray God that I may live free from the discontent and envy that attends those who are thought to have ...
... numbers of considerable men teazing me to solicit for them . ' March 8 , 1711-12 . I can serve everybody but myself . Sept. 18 , 1712. Pray God that I may live free from the discontent and envy that attends those who are thought to have ...
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