The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Walker, Akerman, Edwards, 1821 |
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... collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . SMITH . 21.
... collegian of Smith , who , on that occasion , wrote a poem , which justice must place among the best elegies which our language can show , an elegant mixture of fondness and admiration , of dignity and softness . SMITH . 21.
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... wrote to an apothe- cary in the neighbourhood a prescription of a purge so forcible , that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it till he had given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradiction of a shop- man ...
... wrote to an apothe- cary in the neighbourhood a prescription of a purge so forcible , that the apothecary thought it his duty to delay it till he had given notice of its danger . Smith , not pleased with the contradiction of a shop- man ...
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... wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George Prince of Denmark . He then took orders ; and , being made pre- bendary of Gloucester , became a proctor in con- vocation for that church , and chaplain to Queen Anne . In 1710 ...
... wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George Prince of Denmark . He then took orders ; and , being made pre- bendary of Gloucester , became a proctor in con- vocation for that church , and chaplain to Queen Anne . In 1710 ...
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... wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of sagacity have given it a poetical interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight in ...
... wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of sagacity have given it a poetical interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's delight in ...
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... wrote to the lords , and other commissioners , a formal profession of his unwillingness to exercise that authority any longer , and withdrew himself from them . After they had read his letter , they adjourned for six months , and ...
... wrote to the lords , and other commissioners , a formal profession of his unwillingness to exercise that authority any longer , and withdrew himself from them . After they had read his letter , they adjourned for six months , and ...
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