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Pagina xiii
... hand in hand . In the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and discussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
... hand in hand . In the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and discussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
Pagina 283
... hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been some time , as he tells ...
... hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been some time , as he tells ...
Pagina 388
... they put the names of Sancroft , Sprat , Marlborough , Salisbury , and others . The copy of Dr. Sprat's name was obtained by a fictitious request , to which an His hand was answer in his own hand was desired 388 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... they put the names of Sancroft , Sprat , Marlborough , Salisbury , and others . The copy of Dr. Sprat's name was obtained by a fictitious request , to which an His hand was answer in his own hand was desired 388 LIVES OF THE POETS.
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