Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... STEPNEY , 3 . 2 Sat. i . 5. 44 . ' For sure no blessing in the power of Can be compared in sanity of mind To friends of such companionable kind . ' FRANCIS . fate 7 8 9 ' As correct a writer as he B 2 EDMUND SMITH 3.
... STEPNEY , 3 . 2 Sat. i . 5. 44 . ' For sure no blessing in the power of Can be compared in sanity of mind To friends of such companionable kind . ' FRANCIS . fate 7 8 9 ' As correct a writer as he B 2 EDMUND SMITH 3.
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... friends to call him off from his retirements and to lengthen out those jovial avocations , yet his return to his studies was so much the more passionate , and his intention upon those refined pleasures of reading and thinking so ...
... friends to call him off from his retirements and to lengthen out those jovial avocations , yet his return to his studies was so much the more passionate , and his intention upon those refined pleasures of reading and thinking so ...
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... friends with great difficulty and reluctance . All of them together make but a small part of that much greater body ... friend . His condolence for the death of Mr. Philips is full of the noblest beauties 3 , and hath done justice to the ...
... friends with great difficulty and reluctance . All of them together make but a small part of that much greater body ... friend . His condolence for the death of Mr. Philips is full of the noblest beauties 3 , and hath done justice to the ...
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... friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the com- mon method of filling the house , are not always the surest marks of judging what encouragement a play meets with ; but the generosity of all the persons of a ...
... friends could promise or foresee . The number of nights , and the com- mon method of filling the house , are not always the surest marks of judging what encouragement a play meets with ; but the generosity of all the persons of a ...
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... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
... friends , and those so truly valuable , must have just and noble ideas of the passion of friendship , in the success of which consisted the greatest , if not the only , happiness of his life . He knew very well what was due to his birth ...
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