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CONGREVE ' > 1 W " ILLIAM CONGREVE descended from a family in Staffordshire , of so great antiquity that it claims a place among the few that extend their line beyond the Norman Conquest ; and was the son of William Congreve , second ...
CONGREVE ' > 1 W " ILLIAM CONGREVE descended from a family in Staffordshire , of so great antiquity that it claims a place among the few that extend their line beyond the Norman Conquest ; and was the son of William Congreve , second ...
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Johnson at first wrote ' reciproSwift wrote of Congreve in 1729 cation of similes . ... Leigh Hunt describes • Thus Congreve spent in writing the wit of Congreve's time as ' a trick plays , of the fancy and of words , which And one poor ...
Johnson at first wrote ' reciproSwift wrote of Congreve in 1729 cation of similes . ... Leigh Hunt describes • Thus Congreve spent in writing the wit of Congreve's time as ' a trick plays , of the fancy and of words , which And one poor ...
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Dryden's conscience or his prudence , angry as he was , withheld him from the conflict ; Congreve and Vanbrugh attempted answers ' . Congreve , a very young man , elated with success , and impatient of censure , assumed an air of ...
Dryden's conscience or his prudence , angry as he was , withheld him from the conflict ; Congreve and Vanbrugh attempted answers ' . Congreve , a very young man , elated with success , and impatient of censure , assumed an air of ...
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