The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 3Methuen, 1896 |
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... say much of a life , concerning which I had long since communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dignifying his narration with so much elegance of language and force of sentiment . Jonathan Swift was , according to an account said to ...
... say much of a life , concerning which I had long since communicated my thoughts to a man capable of dignifying his narration with so much elegance of language and force of sentiment . Jonathan Swift was , according to an account said to ...
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... refused the seal . ' Whatever is received , ' say the schools , ' is received in proportion to the recipient . The power of a political treatise depends much upon the disposition of the people ; the nation was 10 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... refused the seal . ' Whatever is received , ' say the schools , ' is received in proportion to the recipient . The power of a political treatise depends much upon the disposition of the people ; the nation was 10 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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... say he knew him , considered himself as having fortune in his power . Commissions , solicitations , remonstrances , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's business , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for ...
... say he knew him , considered himself as having fortune in his power . Commissions , solicitations , remonstrances , crowded about him ; he was expected to do every man's business , to procure employment for one , and to retain it for ...
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... says himself , multa gemens , with many a groan . In the midst of his power and his politics , he kept a journal of his visits , his walks , his interviews with Ministers , and quarrels with his servant , and transmitted it to Mrs ...
... says himself , multa gemens , with many a groan . In the midst of his power and his politics , he kept a journal of his visits , his walks , his interviews with Ministers , and quarrels with his servant , and transmitted it to Mrs ...
Pàgina 14
... says that he was received with respect , he means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace , he is to be understood of the time when , after the ...
... says that he was received with respect , he means for the first fortnight , when he came to take legal possession ; and when Lord Orrery tells that he was pelted by the populace , he is to be understood of the time when , after the ...
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