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... known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England , and by every body else , that he was born in Ireland . Southern mentioned him ...
... known ; if the inscription upon his monument be true , he was born in 1672. For the place , it was said by himself , that he owed his nativity to England , and by every body else , that he was born in Ireland . Southern mentioned him ...
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... known only as it ap- pended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but , except what relates to the stage , I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung or a couplet ...
... known only as it ap- pended to his plays . While comedy or while tragedy is regarded , his plays are likely to be read ; but , except what relates to the stage , I know not that he has ever written a stanza that is sung or a couplet ...
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... known when , his indigence compelled him to teach a school , an humiliation with which , though it certainly lasted but a little while , his enemies did not forget to reproach him , when he became conspicuous enough to excite ...
... known when , his indigence compelled him to teach a school , an humiliation with which , though it certainly lasted but a little while , his enemies did not forget to reproach him , when he became conspicuous enough to excite ...
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... known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) " Prince Arthur , " in ten books , written , as he relates , " by such catches and starts , and in such oc- casional uncertain hours , as his profession afforded , and for the ...
... known as a maker of verses till he published ( in 1695 ) " Prince Arthur , " in ten books , written , as he relates , " by such catches and starts , and in such oc- casional uncertain hours , as his profession afforded , and for the ...
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... known . That he had been of considerable use , I doubt not but he believed , for I hold him to have been very honest ; but he might easily make a false estimate of his own importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving ...
... known . That he had been of considerable use , I doubt not but he believed , for I hold him to have been very honest ; but he might easily make a false estimate of his own importance : those whom their virtue restrains from deceiving ...
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