The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... sent for by his mother to Worcester , and owned and acknowledged as her legitimate son ; which had not been mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered for our ...
... sent for by his mother to Worcester , and owned and acknowledged as her legitimate son ; which had not been mentioned , but to wipe off the aspersions that were ignorantly cast by some on his birth . It is to be remembered for our ...
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... sent to the Reverend Mr. Richard Parker , a friend of his , late of Merton College , an exact critic in the Greek tongue , from whom it came to my hands . The French version of Monsieur Boileau , though truly valuable , was far short of ...
... sent to the Reverend Mr. Richard Parker , a friend of his , late of Merton College , an exact critic in the Greek tongue , from whom it came to my hands . The French version of Monsieur Boileau , though truly valuable , was far short of ...
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... [ Sent by the Author to Mr. Urry . ] Opusculum hoc , Halberdarie amplissime , in lucem proferre hac- tenus distuli , judicii tui acumen subveritus magis quam bipennis . Tandem aliquando Oden hanc ad te mitto sublimem , teneram , flebi ...
... [ Sent by the Author to Mr. Urry . ] Opusculum hoc , Halberdarie amplissime , in lucem proferre hac- tenus distuli , judicii tui acumen subveritus magis quam bipennis . Tandem aliquando Oden hanc ad te mitto sublimem , teneram , flebi ...
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... sent to govern Ireland , King returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit , and published some essays called Useful Transactions . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended . He then wrote the ...
... sent to govern Ireland , King returned to London , with his poverty , his idleness , and his wit , and published some essays called Useful Transactions . His Voyage to the Island of Cajamai is particularly commended . He then wrote the ...
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... sent again with a plausible message , was very curious to see the house , and particularly importunate to be let into the study ; where , as is supposed , he designed to leave the Association . This however was denied him , and he dropt ...
... sent again with a plausible message , was very curious to see the house , and particularly importunate to be let into the study ; where , as is supposed , he designed to leave the Association . This however was denied him , and he dropt ...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... Samuel Johnson,Sir Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1871 |
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