Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... learned and ingenious society till within five years of his own ; though , some time before his leaving Christ - church , he was sent for by his ' His reputation did not win him a place in Campbell's Specimens of the British Poets ...
... learned and ingenious society till within five years of his own ; though , some time before his leaving Christ - church , he was sent for by his ' His reputation did not win him a place in Campbell's Specimens of the British Poets ...
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... learned and polite university ; and it was his happiness to have several contemporaries and fellow- students who exercised and excited this virtue in themselves and others , thereby becoming so deservedly in favour with this age , and ...
... learned and polite university ; and it was his happiness to have several contemporaries and fellow- students who exercised and excited this virtue in themselves and others , thereby becoming so deservedly in favour with this age , and ...
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... learned , which some Post , SMITH , 46-49 . 2 Blockheads ( said Congreve ) suppose easy writing to be what any man can write easily . ' The Guardian , 1789 , i . 104 n . men have been so proud of their pains in collecting 8 EDMUND SMITH.
... learned , which some Post , SMITH , 46-49 . 2 Blockheads ( said Congreve ) suppose easy writing to be what any man can write easily . ' The Guardian , 1789 , i . 104 n . men have been so proud of their pains in collecting 8 EDMUND SMITH.
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... 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.
... 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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... learned much of his life , appeared not to know it . 42 He was now driven to London ' , where he associated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had expelled him , or because he was a Whig ...
... learned much of his life , appeared not to know it . 42 He was now driven to London ' , where he associated himself with the Whigs , whether because they were in power , or because the Tories had expelled him , or because he was a Whig ...
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