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... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after ...
... written but printed in his thirteenth year ; containing , with other poetical compositions , " The tragical History of Pyra- mus and Thisbe , ' written when he was ten years old ; and Constantia and Philetus , ' written two years after ...
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... written to his patron St. John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant , and exhibits several artful accommodations of classick expressions to new purposes . It seems ...
... written to his patron St. John , in return for a present of wine and tobacco , which cannot be passed without notice . It is gay and elegant , and exhibits several artful accommodations of classick expressions to new purposes . It seems ...
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... written with much art , though with few blazes of genius . The following fragment , written by Edmund Smith , upon the works of Philips , has been transcribed from the Bodleian manuscripts . A prefatory Discourse to the Poem on Mr ...
... written with much art , though with few blazes of genius . The following fragment , written by Edmund Smith , upon the works of Philips , has been transcribed from the Bodleian manuscripts . A prefatory Discourse to the Poem on Mr ...
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