Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... relation ( one who married Mr. Neale's sister ) whose name was Smith . ' This gentleman and his lady treated him as their own child , 4 and put him to Westminster - school under the care of Dr. Busby5 ; whence after the loss of his ...
... relation ( one who married Mr. Neale's sister ) whose name was Smith . ' This gentleman and his lady treated him as their own child , 4 and put him to Westminster - school under the care of Dr. Busby5 ; whence after the loss of his ...
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... relation it will be naturally supposed that his poems 18 were rather the amusements of idleness than efforts of study ; that he endeavoured rather to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts seldom aspired to sublimity ; and that , if ...
... relation it will be naturally supposed that his poems 18 were rather the amusements of idleness than efforts of study ; that he endeavoured rather to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts seldom aspired to sublimity ; and that , if ...
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... Relation , & c . , p . 53 . According to Macaulay ( History , ii . 350 ) Crewe , Bishop of Durham , was made Dean . 7 For the new Court of High Commission see post , SHEFFIELD , 13 ; Burnet's Hist . ii . 298 ; Mac- aulay's Hist . ii ...
... Relation , & c . , p . 53 . According to Macaulay ( History , ii . 350 ) Crewe , Bishop of Durham , was made Dean . 7 For the new Court of High Commission see post , SHEFFIELD , 13 ; Burnet's Hist . ii . 298 ; Mac- aulay's Hist . ii ...
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... Relation , p . 20 . See 3 The only authority I have found for Johnson's statement is the vote given by Sprat on Feb. 6 , 1688-9 , against the motion for declaring the Prince and Princess of Orange King and Queen . Rapin's England , 1743 ...
... Relation , p . 20 . See 3 The only authority I have found for Johnson's statement is the vote given by Sprat on Feb. 6 , 1688-9 , against the motion for declaring the Prince and Princess of Orange King and Queen . Rapin's England , 1743 ...
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... Relation , p . 8 . 5 Ib . p . 70 . 6 Ib . p . 23 . 7 Ib . pp . 26 , 51 . 8 lb. pp . 42 , 68 . 9 lb. pp . 42 , 61 . To A Relation of the Late Wicked Contrivance of Stephen Blackhead and Robert Young against the Lives of Several Persons ...
... Relation , p . 8 . 5 Ib . p . 70 . 6 Ib . p . 23 . 7 Ib . pp . 26 , 51 . 8 lb. pp . 42 , 68 . 9 lb. pp . 42 , 61 . To A Relation of the Late Wicked Contrivance of Stephen Blackhead and Robert Young against the Lives of Several Persons ...
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