Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... Ante , 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.
... Ante , 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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... mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence that , April 24 , 1700 , the Dean and Chapter declared ' the place of Mr. Smith void , he having been convicted of riotous misbehaviour in the house of ...
... mind , though he did not amend his irregularities , by which he gave so much offence that , April 24 , 1700 , the Dean and Chapter declared ' the place of Mr. Smith void , he having been convicted of riotous misbehaviour in the house of ...
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... mind , accustomed to please itself with its own conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells , in one of his pieces , that he had once a design to have written the tragedy of Phædra ; but was convinced ...
... mind , accustomed to please itself with its own conceptions , but of little acquaintance with the course of life . Dennis tells , in one of his pieces , that he had once a design to have written the tragedy of Phædra ; but was convinced ...
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... mind that he could use or improve , he did not suffer it to be lost ; but , amidst the jollity of a tavern or in the warmth of conversation , very diligently committed it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of hints ...
... mind that he could use or improve , he did not suffer it to be lost ; but , amidst the jollity of a tavern or in the warmth of conversation , very diligently committed it to paper . Thus it was that he had gathered two quires of hints ...
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... mind , let me indulge myself in the remembrance . I knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me , and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . 73 He was of an advanced age ...
... mind , let me indulge myself in the remembrance . I knew him very early ; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me , and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . 73 He was of an advanced age ...
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