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Page 9
... says he , " I took little care of my ears while I was not sure if my head was my own . " Of any occurrences in his remaining life I have found no account . In a letter to Swift , " I have , " says he , " treated Lady Harriot at ...
... says he , " I took little care of my ears while I was not sure if my head was my own . " Of any occurrences in his remaining life I have found no account . In a letter to Swift , " I have , " says he , " treated Lady Harriot at ...
Page 12
... says the ambassador , " mais il chante si haut , que je ne scaurois vous entendre . " In a gay French company , where every one sang a little song or stanza , of which the burden was , " Bannissons la Melancholie : " when it came to his ...
... says the ambassador , " mais il chante si haut , que je ne scaurois vous entendre . " In a gay French company , where every one sang a little song or stanza , of which the burden was , " Bannissons la Melancholie : " when it came to his ...
Page 20
... says his ad- mirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him ...
... says his ad- mirer , to maintain what , when he said it , was so well received . Wherever Congreve was born , he was educated first at Kilkenny , and afterwards at Dublin , his father having some military employment that stationed him ...
Page 21
... says , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in a slow recovery from a fit of ...
... says , in his defence against Collier , " that comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it , I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in a slow recovery from a fit of ...
Page 27
... say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be observed with- out wonder , that a mind so vigorous ...
... say any thing very favourable . The powers of Congreve seem to desert him when he leaves the stage , as Antæus was no longer strong than when he could touch the ground . It cannot be observed with- out wonder , that a mind so vigorous ...
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