Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... called , as you have women's- taylors . They write a verse as smooth , as soft as cream , In which there is no torrent nor scarce stream . ' Jonson's Works , ed . 1756 , vii . 93 . 2 Oratio ... in laudem ... T. Bod- leii . ' Dr. John ...
... called , as you have women's- taylors . They write a verse as smooth , as soft as cream , In which there is no torrent nor scarce stream . ' Jonson's Works , ed . 1756 , vii . 93 . 2 Oratio ... in laudem ... T. Bod- leii . ' Dr. John ...
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... he was very modest and even sheepish , and would be very shy in strange company . He was commonly called learned Dick Parker . ' HEARNE , Remains , iii . 24 . poetry . Under each head and chapter he intended to IO EDMUND SMITH.
... he was very modest and even sheepish , and would be very shy in strange company . He was commonly called learned Dick Parker . ' HEARNE , Remains , iii . 24 . poetry . Under each head and chapter he intended to IO EDMUND SMITH.
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... called down by the waiter , and , having staid some time below , came up thoughtful . After a pause , said he to his friend , ' He that wanted me below was Addison , whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was ...
... called down by the waiter , and , having staid some time below , came up thoughtful . After a pause , said he to his friend , ' He that wanted me below was Addison , whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was ...
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... called Monmouth's re- bellion , as several other Oxford scholars did . He was a stout , lusty man , and of admirable principles . His integrity and honesty and loyalty gained him great honour and respect . He refused the oaths , and ...
... called Monmouth's re- bellion , as several other Oxford scholars did . He was a stout , lusty man , and of admirable principles . His integrity and honesty and loyalty gained him great honour and respect . He refused the oaths , and ...
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... called Mountown , near Dublin , to which as in the following passage : - " " The cellar windows of most houses are grated with strong bars of iron , " to keep thieves out ; and Newgate is grated up to the top , to keep thieves in ...
... called Mountown , near Dublin , to which as in the following passage : - " " The cellar windows of most houses are grated with strong bars of iron , " to keep thieves out ; and Newgate is grated up to the top , to keep thieves in ...
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