Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1952 - 472 pagina's |
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... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others ...
... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a commodious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others ...
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... tell them , that he ' is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very cruel , long , and ruinous restraint : -he therefore ...
... tell them , that he ' is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller hath threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very cruel , long , and ruinous restraint : -he therefore ...
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... tell you how much a man of his turn entertained me ; but I must acquaint you , there is a vivacity and gaiety of disposition , almost peculiar to him , which make it im- possible to part from him without that uneasiness which generally ...
... tell you how much a man of his turn entertained me ; but I must acquaint you , there is a vivacity and gaiety of disposition , almost peculiar to him , which make it im- possible to part from him without that uneasiness which generally ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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