Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 29
... lived to see the reward of his labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of the powers by which this important victory was atchieved , a quotation from Love for Love , and the remark upon it , may afford a specimen . Sir Samps ...
... lived to see the reward of his labour in the reformation of the theatre . Of the powers by which this important victory was atchieved , a quotation from Love for Love , and the remark upon it , may afford a specimen . Sir Samps ...
Page 195
... lived with Temple , he used to pay his mother at Leicester an yearly visit . He travelled on foot , unless some violence of weather drove him into a wagon , and at night he would go to a penny lodging , where he purchased clean sheets ...
... lived with Temple , he used to pay his mother at Leicester an yearly visit . He travelled on foot , unless some violence of weather drove him into a wagon , and at night he would go to a penny lodging , where he purchased clean sheets ...
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... lived without a coach . How he spent the rest of his time , and how he employed his hours of study , has been enquired with hopeless curiosity . For who can give an account of another's studies ? Swift was not likely to admit any to his ...
... lived without a coach . How he spent the rest of his time , and how he employed his hours of study , has been enquired with hopeless curiosity . For who can give an account of another's studies ? Swift was not likely to admit any to his ...
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