Lives of the English Poets, Waller, Milton, CowleyCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... says , the booksellers would readily have given him a thousand . He then contemplated only " little Lives . " His energetic pleasure in the work expanded his Preface beyond the limits of the first design ; but when it was observed to ...
... says , the booksellers would readily have given him a thousand . He then contemplated only " little Lives . " His energetic pleasure in the work expanded his Preface beyond the limits of the first design ; but when it was observed to ...
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... say he was a dunce . " The meeting of booksellers , happy in the support of Johnson's intellectual power , appointed also a committee to engage the best engravers , and another committee to give directions about paper and printing ...
... say he was a dunce . " The meeting of booksellers , happy in the support of Johnson's intellectual power , appointed also a committee to engage the best engravers , and another committee to give directions about paper and printing ...
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... say you lig with my Lady . ' ' No , Sir , says his lordship in confusion ; but I like her company , because she has so much wit . ' ' Why , then , ' says the king , ' do you not lig with my Lord of Winchester there ? ' ' 66 99 6 ...
... say you lig with my Lady . ' ' No , Sir , says his lordship in confusion ; but I like her company , because she has so much wit . ' ' Why , then , ' says the king , ' do you not lig with my Lord of Winchester there ? ' ' 66 99 6 ...
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... says he , " who think themselves already undone , can never apprehend themselves in danger ; and they who have nothing left can never give freely . " Political truth is equally in danger from the praises of courtiers , and the ...
... says he , " who think themselves already undone , can never apprehend themselves in danger ; and they who have nothing left can never give freely . " Political truth is equally in danger from the praises of courtiers , and the ...
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... says Clarendon , " with great sharpness and freedom , which , now there was no danger of being out - voted , was not restrained ; and therefore used as an argument against those who were gone upon pretence that they were not suffered to ...
... says Clarendon , " with great sharpness and freedom , which , now there was no danger of being out - voted , was not restrained ; and therefore used as an argument against those who were gone upon pretence that they were not suffered to ...
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