Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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... known Ford , by whom I have formerly heard him described as a contracted scholar and a mere versifyer , unacquainted with life , and unskilful in conversation . His addiction to metre was then such , that his companions familiarly ...
... known Ford , by whom I have formerly heard him described as a contracted scholar and a mere versifyer , unacquainted with life , and unskilful in conversation . His addiction to metre was then such , that his companions familiarly ...
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... known or recollected . The subject itself had nothing generally interesting , for whom did it concern to know that one or another scribbler was a dunce ? If therefore it had been possible for those who were attacked to conceal their ...
... known or recollected . The subject itself had nothing generally interesting , for whom did it concern to know that one or another scribbler was a dunce ? If therefore it had been possible for those who were attacked to conceal their ...
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... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755. Three volumes appeared in 1764 , a second edition of them in 1767 , a third edition in 1768 , and the conclusion in 1771 .. Andrew Reid , a man not without ...
... known to have cost him at least a thousand pounds . He began to print in 1755. Three volumes appeared in 1764 , a second edition of them in 1767 , a third edition in 1768 , and the conclusion in 1771 .. Andrew Reid , a man not without ...
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