The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 2Peter Hill, 1815 |
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... once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals , who sometimes prevailed , or the censure of criticks , which was often poignant and often just ; but with such a degree of reputation ...
... once invaded it , he kept possession for many years ; not indeed without the competition of rivals , who sometimes prevailed , or the censure of criticks , which was often poignant and often just ; but with such a degree of reputation ...
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... once . ' HERE is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought worthy of republication , and is not easily to be found , it may gratify curiosity to quote it more largely : Whene'er she ...
... once . ' HERE is perhaps a sufficient specimen ; but as the pamphlet , though Dryden's , has never been thought worthy of republication , and is not easily to be found , it may gratify curiosity to quote it more largely : Whene'er she ...
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... once celebrated , are since forgotten . Of New castle's works nothing is now known but his Treatise on Horsemanship . THE Preface seems very elaborately written , and contains many just remarks on the Fathers of the English Drama ...
... once celebrated , are since forgotten . Of New castle's works nothing is now known but his Treatise on Horsemanship . THE Preface seems very elaborately written , and contains many just remarks on the Fathers of the English Drama ...
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... once the Indian Emperor ? and at another time did he not call himself Maximin ? Was not Lyndaraxa once called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma the Indian Ems- peror . I protest and vow they are either the same , or so alike , that I ...
... once the Indian Emperor ? and at another time did he not call himself Maximin ? Was not Lyndaraxa once called Almeria ? I mean under Montezuma the Indian Ems- peror . I protest and vow they are either the same , or so alike , that I ...
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... once beat those without and those within . THIS Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city at once , is something diffi- cult : but this flight is pardonable to ...
... once beat those without and those within . THIS Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city at once , is something diffi- cult : but this flight is pardonable to ...
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