Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... number , William Strahan , Thomas Davies , and Cadell , to wait on Johnson , asking him to write the series of prefatory Lives , and name his own terms . Johnson agreed at once , and suggested as his price two hundred guineas , when ...
... number , William Strahan , Thomas Davies , and Cadell , to wait on Johnson , asking him to write the series of prefatory Lives , and name his own terms . Johnson agreed at once , and suggested as his price two hundred guineas , when ...
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... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experi- ence , and gained ...
... numbers , and by his own nicety of observation , he had already formed such a system of metrical harmony as he never afterwards much needed , or much endeavoured , to improve . Denham corrected his numbers by experi- ence , and gained ...
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... would become the dignity and wisdom of this House to answer the people , now , with a ' Nolumus mutare ? " I see some are moved with a number of hands against the bishops ; which , I confess , rather inclines 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... would become the dignity and wisdom of this House to answer the people , now , with a ' Nolumus mutare ? " I see some are moved with a number of hands against the bishops ; which , I confess , rather inclines 16 LIVES OF THE POETS .
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... numbers in a petition for peace . They proceeded with great caution . Three only met in one place , and no man was allowed to impart the plot to more than two others ; so that , if any should be suspected or seized , more than three ...
... numbers in a petition for peace . They proceeded with great caution . Three only met in one place , and no man was allowed to impart the plot to more than two others ; so that , if any should be suspected or seized , more than three ...
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... numbers are not always musical ; as , Fair Venus , in thy soft arms The god of rage confine : - For thy whispers are the charms Which only can divert his fierce design . " What though he frown , and to tumult do incline ; Thou the flame ...
... numbers are not always musical ; as , Fair Venus , in thy soft arms The god of rage confine : - For thy whispers are the charms Which only can divert his fierce design . " What though he frown , and to tumult do incline ; Thou the flame ...
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