Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently ...
... earl of Shaftesbury , he kept the poet in awe by regular criticism ' , and , as it were , married the two arts for their mutual support and improvement . There was not a tract of credit upon that subject which he had not diligently ...
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... Earl of Dor- set : His faults brought their excuse with them , and his very fail- ings had their beauties . ' Eng . Poets , xxxii . 133 . 2 Post , SMITH , 53 . 3 Post , SMITH , 54 , 66 ; RowE , 16 . 4 ' He was an excellent classic ...
... Earl of Dor- set : His faults brought their excuse with them , and his very fail- ings had their beauties . ' Eng . Poets , xxxii . 133 . 2 Post , SMITH , 53 . 3 Post , SMITH , 54 , 66 ; RowE , 16 . 4 ' He was an excellent classic ...
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... Earl , was Secretary of State . For the first Earl see Macaulay's Hist . i . 256 . 4 Burton wrote more than twenty years after Smith's death : - ' He was , and is still , commonly known by the name of Captain Rag . ' Genuineness , & c ...
... Earl , was Secretary of State . For the first Earl see Macaulay's Hist . i . 256 . 4 Burton wrote more than twenty years after Smith's death : - ' He was , and is still , commonly known by the name of Captain Rag . ' Genuineness , & c ...
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... Earl of Rochester , assisted by Dr. Aldrich and Bishop Sprat ) , ' in ac- cordance with the discretion given them by Clarendon's will , softened * ' Pro Flacco , animo paulo atten- tiore , scripsissem Marone . SMITH . * Pembroke College ...
... Earl of Rochester , assisted by Dr. Aldrich and Bishop Sprat ) , ' in ac- cordance with the discretion given them by Clarendon's will , softened * ' Pro Flacco , animo paulo atten- tiore , scripsissem Marone . SMITH . * Pembroke College ...
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... Earl of Clarendon , the Earl of Shaftesbury , and the Duke of Buckingham , and a laudation of the Duke of York . Eng . Poets , xxv . 133 . 8 Fifteen Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions , 1714. His preach- ing had been commended by ...
... Earl of Clarendon , the Earl of Shaftesbury , and the Duke of Buckingham , and a laudation of the Duke of York . Eng . Poets , xxv . 133 . 8 Fifteen Sermons preach'd on Several Occasions , 1714. His preach- ing had been commended by ...
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