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... Beaconsfield , 108 - His character by Claren- don , 108 - The general character of his poetry is elegance and gaiety , 116 - Learnt his versification from Fairfax , 116 . JOHN POMFRET , 1667-1703 · p . 119 Born at X CONTENTS .
... Beaconsfield , 108 - His character by Claren- don , 108 - The general character of his poetry is elegance and gaiety , 116 - Learnt his versification from Fairfax , 116 . JOHN POMFRET , 1667-1703 · p . 119 Born at X CONTENTS .
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... elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of ...
... elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature ; but his zeal of friendship , or ambition of eloquence , has produced a funeral oration rather than a history : he has given the character , not the life , of ...
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... elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the king , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . This volume was not published ...
... elegance of his conversation , that he gained the kindness and confidence of those who attended the king , and amongst others of Lord Falkland , whose notice cast a lustre on all to whom it was extended . This volume was not published ...
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... elegance , and to have known that the business of a states- man can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : Barnesii ...
... elegance , and to have known that the business of a states- man can be little forwarded by flowers of rhetoric . One passage , however , seems not unworthy of some notice . Speaking of the Scotch treaty then in agitation : Barnesii ...
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... elegance of dress , and therefore miss the notice and the praise which are often gained by those who think less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality is by Cowley ...
... elegance of dress , and therefore miss the notice and the praise which are often gained by those who think less , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts . That a mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality is by Cowley ...
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