Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Biog . Brit . Supple . p . 162 . According to a writer in Gent . Mag . 1780 , p . 280 , he was nicknamed ' from his gown , which was always flying in rags about him , and to con- ceal which he wore one end of it in his pocket , a ...
... Biog . Brit . Supple . p . 162 . According to a writer in Gent . Mag . 1780 , p . 280 , he was nicknamed ' from his gown , which was always flying in rags about him , and to con- ceal which he wore one end of it in his pocket , a ...
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... Biog . Brit . 1760 , P. 3354 . ' He attacks Blackmore , who had censured Philips for his rugged- ness : - " Yet not like thee the heavy critic soars , But paints in fustian , or in turn deplores ; LIVES OF POETS . II C till he had given ...
... Biog . Brit . 1760 , P. 3354 . ' He attacks Blackmore , who had censured Philips for his rugged- ness : - " Yet not like thee the heavy critic soars , But paints in fustian , or in turn deplores ; LIVES OF POETS . II C till he had given ...
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... , On me your flames , on me your bolts employ , Me , if your anger spares , your pity should destroy . ' Biog . Dram . iii . 141 . 2 Ante , SMITH , 24 ; post , ROWE , 16 . 67 68 When he came to London his way of C 2 EDMUND SMITH 19.
... , On me your flames , on me your bolts employ , Me , if your anger spares , your pity should destroy . ' Biog . Dram . iii . 141 . 2 Ante , SMITH , 24 ; post , ROWE , 16 . 67 68 When he came to London his way of C 2 EDMUND SMITH 19.
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... Biog . xxviii . 387. The actual MS . of the History seems to have reached the Bodleian from the hands of Dean Aldrich some time between 1711 and 1743. Macray's Annals of the Bodleian , 1890 , p . 225 n . In 1826 the Clarendon Press ...
... Biog . xxviii . 387. The actual MS . of the History seems to have reached the Bodleian from the hands of Dean Aldrich some time between 1711 and 1743. Macray's Annals of the Bodleian , 1890 , p . 225 n . In 1826 the Clarendon Press ...
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... Biog . According to a statement in N. & . 3 S. xii . 21 he was born on June 13 , 1658 ; but see ib . p . 69 . Poetical Register , ii . 50. The Duke was the son of Charles II and the Duchess of Portsmouth . Evelyn wrote on Oct. 24 , 1684 ...
... Biog . According to a statement in N. & . 3 S. xii . 21 he was born on June 13 , 1658 ; but see ib . p . 69 . Poetical Register , ii . 50. The Duke was the son of Charles II and the Duchess of Portsmouth . Evelyn wrote on Oct. 24 , 1684 ...
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