Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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... Letters which a very good or a very wise man would wish sup- pressed ; but , as they had been already exposed , it was impracticable now to retract them . From the perusal of those Letters , Mr. Allen first conceived the desire of ...
... Letters which a very good or a very wise man would wish sup- pressed ; but , as they had been already exposed , it was impracticable now to retract them . From the perusal of those Letters , Mr. Allen first conceived the desire of ...
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... Letters , except those of statesmen . Howel indeed , about a century ago , published his Letters , which are com- mended by Morhoff , and which alone of his hundred volumes continue his memory . Loveday's Letters were printed only once ...
... Letters , except those of statesmen . Howel indeed , about a century ago , published his Letters , which are com- mended by Morhoff , and which alone of his hundred volumes continue his memory . Loveday's Letters were printed only once ...
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... Letters BURKE . Letters . Selected , with Introduction , by H. J. Laski ( 237 ) . CHESTERFIELD . Letters . Selected , with an Introduction , by Phyllis M. Jones ( 347 ) .. CONGREVE . Letters , in Volume II . See under Drama ( 277 ) ...
... Letters BURKE . Letters . Selected , with Introduction , by H. J. Laski ( 237 ) . CHESTERFIELD . Letters . Selected , with an Introduction , by Phyllis M. Jones ( 347 ) .. CONGREVE . Letters , in Volume II . See under Drama ( 277 ) ...
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