Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... Once a Lover and always a Lover ; The Jew of Venice , altered from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice ( 1701 ) ; Heroick Love , a tragedy ( 1698 ) ; The British Enchanters ( 1706 ) , a dramatick poem ; and Peleus and Thetis , a masque ...
... Once a Lover and always a Lover ; The Jew of Venice , altered from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice ( 1701 ) ; Heroick Love , a tragedy ( 1698 ) ; The British Enchanters ( 1706 ) , a dramatick poem ; and Peleus and Thetis , a masque ...
Page 213
... Once , when he dined alone with the Earl of Orrery , he said of one that waited in the room , That man has , since we sat to the table , committed fifteen faults . What the faults were , Lord Orrery , from whom I heard the story , had ...
... Once , when he dined alone with the Earl of Orrery , he said of one that waited in the room , That man has , since we sat to the table , committed fifteen faults . What the faults were , Lord Orrery , from whom I heard the story , had ...
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... once were men . ' And it is known that from this or from some other field he once wandered into the enemy's camp , with a classic in his hand , which he was reading intently ; and had some difficulty to prove that he was only an absent ...
... once were men . ' And it is known that from this or from some other field he once wandered into the enemy's camp , with a classic in his hand , which he was reading intently ; and had some difficulty to prove that he was only an absent ...
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