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... acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . Sir Richard Steele , having declared in his favour with all the ardour of benevolence which con- stituted his character , promoted his ...
... acquaintance of Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Wilks , by whom he was pitied , caressed , and relieved . Sir Richard Steele , having declared in his favour with all the ardour of benevolence which con- stituted his character , promoted his ...
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... acquaintance than any man ever before attained , there being scarcely any person eminent on any account to whom he was not known , or whose character he was not in some degree able to delineate . To the acquisition of this extensive ...
... acquaintance than any man ever before attained , there being scarcely any person eminent on any account to whom he was not known , or whose character he was not in some degree able to delineate . To the acquisition of this extensive ...
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... acquaintance with books . When he entered into the living world , it seems to have happened to him as to many others , that he was less attentive to dead masters ; he studied in the academy of Paracelsus , and made the uni- verse his ...
... acquaintance with books . When he entered into the living world , it seems to have happened to him as to many others , that he was less attentive to dead masters ; he studied in the academy of Paracelsus , and made the uni- verse his ...
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The Satirical Letters of St Jerome | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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