Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 111
... common order in writing , from his endeavouring always to word it too finely . ' POPE , Spence's Anec . p . 175. Spence adds in a note : - ' Lord Oxford said one day before Mr. Sandys : - " This fellow can't write a common letter ...
... common order in writing , from his endeavouring always to word it too finely . ' POPE , Spence's Anec . p . 175. Spence adds in a note : - ' Lord Oxford said one day before Mr. Sandys : - " This fellow can't write a common letter ...
Page 307
... common for the smaller party to make up in diligence what they want in numbers ' ; he ' appeals to the people as his proper judges ; and if they are not inclined to condemn him , he is in little care about the high - flyers at Button's ...
... common for the smaller party to make up in diligence what they want in numbers ' ; he ' appeals to the people as his proper judges ; and if they are not inclined to condemn him , he is in little care about the high - flyers at Button's ...
Page 333
... common favours . 36 He proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by marrying him to a natural daughter , on whom he intended to bestow a thousand pounds . But ...
... common favours . 36 He proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by marrying him to a natural daughter , on whom he intended to bestow a thousand pounds . But ...
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