Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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... given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth ' with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show ' what fine things one man of parts ...
... given to intellectual excellence , seldom employed to any virtuous purpose . His character , as given by Mr. Oldisworth ' with all the partiality of friendship , which is said by Dr. Burton to show ' what fine things one man of parts ...
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... given him in Cockayne's Hist . Peerage . Crull , in The Antiquities of St. Peter's , ii . 48 , says that at the Duke's funeral Garter King at Arms proclaimed his title as Duke of Bucking- hamshire . In An Account of the Pedigree of the ...
... given him in Cockayne's Hist . Peerage . Crull , in The Antiquities of St. Peter's , ii . 48 , says that at the Duke's funeral Garter King at Arms proclaimed his title as Duke of Bucking- hamshire . In An Account of the Pedigree of the ...
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... given it a consecrated place in their memories , without ever feeling it a burthen . ' CoWPER , Works , iv . 170 . 2 Both the French and the English Odes are given in Eng . Poets , xxxii . 214. See also post , YALDEN , 4 , and ...
... given it a consecrated place in their memories , without ever feeling it a burthen . ' CoWPER , Works , iv . 170 . 2 Both the French and the English Odes are given in Eng . Poets , xxxii . 214. See also post , YALDEN , 4 , and ...
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