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Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson Henry Morley. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS Prior Congreve Blackmore Pope IN WEEKLY VOLUMES , price 3d .: or in Clo.
Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson Henry Morley. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS Prior Congreve Blackmore Pope IN WEEKLY VOLUMES , price 3d .: or in Clo.
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... VOLUMES IN CASSELL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY . The following are amongst those already published , and a full list will be sent by the ... Volume will be Richard III . By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE . CASSELL & COMPANY , LIMITED , Ludgate Hill , London ...
... VOLUMES IN CASSELL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY . The following are amongst those already published , and a full list will be sent by the ... Volume will be Richard III . By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE . CASSELL & COMPANY , LIMITED , Ludgate Hill , London ...
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... volume , Johnson took especial pains . " He wrote it , " says Boswell , con amore , ' both from the early possession which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the pleasure which he must have felt in for ever silencing all ...
... volume , Johnson took especial pains . " He wrote it , " says Boswell , con amore , ' both from the early possession which that writer had taken of his mind , and from the pleasure which he must have felt in for ever silencing all ...
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... which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College to send cvery year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a benefaction enjoyed by them LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. ...
... which stands first in his volume . It is the established practice of that College to send cvery year to the Earl of Exeter some poems upon sacred subjects , in acknowledgment of a benefaction enjoyed by them LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. ...
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... volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased patron , the Earl of Dorset . It began with the College exercise , and ended with the " Nutbrown Maid . " The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him ...
... volume of poems , with the encomiastic character of his deceased patron , the Earl of Dorset . It began with the College exercise , and ended with the " Nutbrown Maid . " The Battle of Ramillies soon afterwards ( in 1706 ) excited him ...
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