Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageClarendon Press, 1905 - English poetry |
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... SOMETIME HONORARY FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE , oxford WITH BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR . BIRKBECK HILL , BY HIS NEPHEW HAROLD SPENCER SCOTT , M.A. , NEW COLLEGE , OXFORD IN THREE VOLUMES VOL . II SMITH - SAVAGE OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS ...
... SOMETIME HONORARY FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE , oxford WITH BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR . BIRKBECK HILL , BY HIS NEPHEW HAROLD SPENCER SCOTT , M.A. , NEW COLLEGE , OXFORD IN THREE VOLUMES VOL . II SMITH - SAVAGE OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS ...
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... sometimes would create greater diffi- culties than he had reason to apprehend . Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would seriously ...
... sometimes would create greater diffi- culties than he had reason to apprehend . Writing with ease what ( as Mr. Wycherley speaks ) may be easily written moved his indignation . When he was writing upon a subject , he would seriously ...
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... sometimes spoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only fortune is wanting to make a great name , that single exception can never pass upon the best judges and most equitable observers of mankind ; and when the time comes for the ...
... sometimes spoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only fortune is wanting to make a great name , that single exception can never pass upon the best judges and most equitable observers of mankind ; and when the time comes for the ...
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... sometimes necessary to think well of his opinionsā . was published to correct the errors of the press . The Act [ 10 Anne , c . 20 ] discharged many thousand prisoners . There were single advertisements that contained 700 names , every ...
... sometimes necessary to think well of his opinionsā . was published to correct the errors of the press . The Act [ 10 Anne , c . 20 ] discharged many thousand prisoners . There were single advertisements that contained 700 names , every ...
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... sometimes supplied others : he afforded help , but did not solicit it . As his studies necessarily made him acquainted with Shake- speare , and acquaintance produced veneration , he undertook ( 1709 ) an edition of his works , from ...
... sometimes supplied others : he afforded help , but did not solicit it . As his studies necessarily made him acquainted with Shake- speare , and acquaintance produced veneration , he undertook ( 1709 ) an edition of his works , from ...
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