The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the Middle Temple , where he lived for ...
... success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the Middle Temple , where he lived for ...
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... success of its exhibition , and by their greater experience fitted it for the stage . Southern used to relate of one comedy , probably of this , that , when Congreve read it to the players , he pronounced it so wretchedly , that they ...
... success of its exhibition , and by their greater experience fitted it for the stage . Southern used to relate of one comedy , probably of this , that , when Congreve read it to the players , he pronounced it so wretchedly , that they ...
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... success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the Middle Temple , where he lived for ...
... success , his father thought it proper to assign him a profession , by which something might be gotten ; and , about the time of the revolution , sent him , at the age of sixteen , to study law in the Middle Temple , where he lived for ...
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... success of its exhibition , and by their greater experience fitted it for the stage . Southern used to relate of one comedy , probably of this , that , when Congreve read it to the players , he pronounced it so wretchedly , that they ...
... success of its exhibition , and by their greater experience fitted it for the stage . Southern used to relate of one comedy , probably of this , that , when Congreve read it to the players , he pronounced it so wretchedly , that they ...
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... success , and impatient of censure , assumed an air of confidence and security . His chief artifice of controversy is to retort upon his adversary his own words : he is very angry , and , hoping to conquer Collier with his own wea- pons ...
... success , and impatient of censure , assumed an air of confidence and security . His chief artifice of controversy is to retort upon his adversary his own words : he is very angry , and , hoping to conquer Collier with his own wea- pons ...
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