The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . ” This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder ...
... says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . ” This is an instance of the natural desire of man to pro- pagate a wonder ...
Pàgina 9
... says was neither written nor acted , but rough- drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his reputa- tion ; though ...
... says was neither written nor acted , but rough- drawn by him , and repeated by the scholars . That this comedy was printed during his absence from his country , he appears to have considered as injurious to his reputa- tion ; though ...
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... The Scotch treaty , " says he , is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned ; I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place COWLEY . 11.
... The Scotch treaty , " says he , is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned ; I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now abstain from believing that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place COWLEY . 11.
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... says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was , in 1656 , sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of ...
... says Sprat , " passed of course into other hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was , in 1656 , sent back into England , that , " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of ...
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... say : Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in ... says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed ...
... say : Nor would he have had , ' tis thought , a rebuke , Unless he had done some notable folly ; Writ verses unjustly in ... says the courtly Sprat , " weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed ...
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