The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... regard predictions . The Sailor is not account- ed very natural , but he is very pleasant . With this play was opened the new theatre , under the direction of Betterton the tragedian ; where he exhibited , two years afterwards , ( 1697 ) ...
... regard predictions . The Sailor is not account- ed very natural , but he is very pleasant . With this play was opened the new theatre , under the direction of Betterton the tragedian ; where he exhibited , two years afterwards , ( 1697 ) ...
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... regard to his determinations concerning ancient learning . " As for his book of aphorisms , it is like my lord Bacon's of the same title , a book of jests , or a grave collection of trite and trifling observations ; of which though many ...
... regard to his determinations concerning ancient learning . " As for his book of aphorisms , it is like my lord Bacon's of the same title , a book of jests , or a grave collection of trite and trifling observations ; of which though many ...
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... regard for song himself , but happened to employ ministers who pleased themselves with the praise of patronage . Of this ode mention is made in a humorous poem of that time , called The Oxford Laureat ; in which , after many claims had ...
... regard for song himself , but happened to employ ministers who pleased themselves with the praise of patronage . Of this ode mention is made in a humorous poem of that time , called The Oxford Laureat ; in which , after many claims had ...
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... regard . But nei- ther his letters , nor the interposition of those friends which his merit or his distress procured him , made any impres- sion upon her mind . She still resolved to neglect , though she could no longer disown him . It ...
... regard . But nei- ther his letters , nor the interposition of those friends which his merit or his distress procured him , made any impres- sion upon her mind . She still resolved to neglect , though she could no longer disown him . It ...
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... regard and compassion ; and was once told by the duke of Dorset , that it was just to consider him as an injured nobleman , and that , in his opinion , the nobility ought to think themselves obliged , without solicitation , to take ...
... regard and compassion ; and was once told by the duke of Dorset , that it was just to consider him as an injured nobleman , and that , in his opinion , the nobility ought to think themselves obliged , without solicitation , to take ...
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