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He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of i
know not what parents ; others say , that he was the son of a joiner of London ; he
was perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , * in hope , like Don ...
He was born July 21 , 1664 , according to some , at Winburn , in Dorsetshire , of i
know not what parents ; others say , that he was the son of a joiner of London ; he
was perhaps willing enough to leave his birth unsettled , * in hope , like Don ...
Pagina 2
... every one hopes to see them humbled : what is hoped is readily believed , and
what is believed is confidently told . Dryden had been more accustomed to
hostilities than that such enemies should break his quiet ; and if we can suppose
him ...
... every one hopes to see them humbled : what is hoped is readily believed , and
what is believed is confidently told . Dryden had been more accustomed to
hostilities than that such enemies should break his quiet ; and if we can suppose
him ...
Pagina 4
Tickell , in his “ Prospect of Peace , " has the same hope of a new academy : In
happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary sound
. Whether the similitude of those passages , which exhibit the same thought on ...
Tickell , in his “ Prospect of Peace , " has the same hope of a new academy : In
happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary sound
. Whether the similitude of those passages , which exhibit the same thought on ...
Pagina 5
Harley and his friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from
court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the people . There was now
a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew the ...
Harley and his friends began to hope that they might , by driving the whigs from
court and from power , gratify at once the Queen and the people . There was now
a call for writers , who might convey intelligence of past abuses , and shew the ...
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... had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some
time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume
to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry .
... had passed his twenty - fifth year ; before other men , even such as are some
time to shine in eminence , have passed their probation of literature , or presume
to hope for any other notice than such as is bestowed on diligence and inquiry .
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