The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsWarne, 1872 |
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... English Poets was printed by an enterprising individual in Edinburgh , the London booksellers were scandalized at what one of their body called this " invasion of their property ; " but , finding they had no legal redress , they very ...
... English Poets was printed by an enterprising individual in Edinburgh , the London booksellers were scandalized at what one of their body called this " invasion of their property ; " but , finding they had no legal redress , they very ...
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... English literature , " 299 - Dies April 23 , 1740 , at Bath , 299. 2401 200MAYUNTA JAMES HAMMOND , 1710—1742 cp . 300 Educated at Westminster , 300 - Equerry to the Prince of Wales , 300- His elegies have " neither passion , nature ...
... English literature , " 299 - Dies April 23 , 1740 , at Bath , 299. 2401 200MAYUNTA JAMES HAMMOND , 1710—1742 cp . 300 Educated at Westminster , 300 - Equerry to the Prince of Wales , 300- His elegies have " neither passion , nature ...
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... English is radically grounded , and that the discoveries in grammar , since made by Horne Tooke , were then unknown . In the meantime , the publication of the Rambler , " though not very successful during its progress , stamped the ...
... English is radically grounded , and that the discoveries in grammar , since made by Horne Tooke , were then unknown . In the meantime , the publication of the Rambler , " though not very successful during its progress , stamped the ...
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... English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg- nancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence ...
... English biography , has been written by Dr. Sprat , an author whose preg- nancy of imagination and elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence ...
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... English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of ...
... English poets , Cowley , Milton , and Pope , might be said lisp in numbers ; " and have given such early proofs , not only of powers of language , but of comprehension of things , as to more tardy minds seems scarcely credible . But of ...
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