The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... pleasures of reading and thinking so vehement ( to which his facetious and unbended intervals bore no proportion ) , that the habit grew upon him , and the series of meditation and reflection being kept up whole weeks together , he ...
... pleasures of reading and thinking so vehement ( to which his facetious and unbended intervals bore no proportion ) , that the habit grew upon him , and the series of meditation and reflection being kept up whole weeks together , he ...
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... pleasure ; but his dress was always deficient : scholastic cloudiness still hung about him ; and his merriment was sure to produce the scorn of his companions . With all his carelessness , and all his vices , he was one of the murmurers ...
... pleasure ; but his dress was always deficient : scholastic cloudiness still hung about him ; and his merriment was sure to produce the scorn of his companions . With all his carelessness , and all his vices , he was one of the murmurers ...
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... pleasure . In the Library at Oxford is the following ludicrous Analysis of Pocockius : EX AUTOGRAPHO . [ Sent by the Author to Mr. Urry . ] Opusculum hoc , Halberdarie amplissime , in lucem proferre hac- tenus distuli , judicii tui ...
... pleasure . In the Library at Oxford is the following ludicrous Analysis of Pocockius : EX AUTOGRAPHO . [ Sent by the Author to Mr. Urry . ] Opusculum hoc , Halberdarie amplissime , in lucem proferre hac- tenus distuli , judicii tui ...
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... pleasures , and neglect of business , had now lessened his revenues ; and he was willing to accept of a settlement in Ireland , where , about 1702 , he was made Judge of the Admiralty , Commissioner of the Prizes , Keeper of the Records ...
... pleasures , and neglect of business , had now lessened his revenues ; and he was willing to accept of a settlement in Ireland , where , about 1702 , he was made Judge of the Admiralty , Commissioner of the Prizes , Keeper of the Records ...
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... pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long , that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When Sprat preached , he likewise was honoured with the animating hum ...
... pleasure . When Burnet preached , part of his congregation hummed so loudly and so long , that he sat down to enjoy it , and rubbed his face with his handkerchief . When Sprat preached , he likewise was honoured with the animating hum ...
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