The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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Pagina 1
... says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder ...
... says Sprat , to relate , " That he had this defect in his memory at that time , that his teachers never could bring it to retain the ordinary rules of grammar . " This is an instance of the natural desire of man to propagate a wonder ...
Pagina 2
... says his biographer , ". cal compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . elegance of his conversation , that he gained ...
... says his biographer , ". cal compositions , " The tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe , " written when he was ten years old ; and " Constantia and Philetus , " written two years after . elegance of his conversation , that he gained ...
Pagina 3
... says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now ab- stain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The ...
... says he , " is the only thing now in which we are vitally concerned : I am one of the last hopers , and yet cannot now ab- stain from believing , that an agreement will be made ; all people upon the place incline to that of union . The ...
Pagina 5
... says Wood , " by certain voy ; persons , enemies to the muses . " " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he ...
... says Wood , " by certain voy ; persons , enemies to the muses . " " The neglect of the court was not his only mortification ; having , by such alteration as thought proper , fitted his old comedy of " The Guardian " for the stage , he ...
Pagina 8
... say , my thanks I have forgot , Nor trust I this with hopes ; and yet scarce true This bravery is , since these ... ( says story ) I loved you , call me most inconstant now ; Pardon me , Madam , you mistake the man ya For I am not the ...
... say , my thanks I have forgot , Nor trust I this with hopes ; and yet scarce true This bravery is , since these ... ( says story ) I loved you , call me most inconstant now ; Pardon me , Madam , you mistake the man ya For I am not the ...
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