The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some consideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imitation of common life ...
... conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some consideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imitation of common life ...
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... conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some consideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imitation of common life ...
... conversation must surely have been at least equally pleasing with his writings . Such a comedy , written at such an age , requires some consideration . As the lighter species of dramatic poetry professes the imitation of common life ...
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... conversation of ingenious and learned men . " I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface a passage less reprehensible : - " Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust ...
... conversation of ingenious and learned men . " I am unwilling , however , to leave him in total disgrace , and will therefore quote from another preface a passage less reprehensible : - " Some gentlemen have been disingenuous and unjust ...
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... conversation of his friends . He died in 1730 , at Easthamstead in Berkshire , the seat of lady Trumbull ; and Pope , who had been always his friend , honoured him with an epitaph , of which he borrowed the first two lines from Crashaw ...
... conversation of his friends . He died in 1730 , at Easthamstead in Berkshire , the seat of lady Trumbull ; and Pope , who had been always his friend , honoured him with an epitaph , of which he borrowed the first two lines from Crashaw ...
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... conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confi- dence ; and a friendship was formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general ...
... conversation , that he seems to have received him into his inmost confi- dence ; and a friendship was formed between them which lasted to their separation by death , without any known abatement on either part . Gay was the general ...
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