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Pagina 194
... friends rapidly and in 1705 became known to the liter- ary lights of the day . Addison , for instance , inscribed a book to him as " the most agreeable companion , the truest friend , and the greatest genius of the age . " This was the ...
... friends rapidly and in 1705 became known to the liter- ary lights of the day . Addison , for instance , inscribed a book to him as " the most agreeable companion , the truest friend , and the greatest genius of the age . " This was the ...
Pagina 279
... friends , Coleridge , Wordsworth , even Lamb , who nevertheless remained his friend to the last . His last words were characteristic ; " Well , I've had a good life " -by which he meant an enjoyable life , for his life was not exemplary ...
... friends , Coleridge , Wordsworth , even Lamb , who nevertheless remained his friend to the last . His last words were characteristic ; " Well , I've had a good life " -by which he meant an enjoyable life , for his life was not exemplary ...
Pagina 306
... friend in a duel over a dispute as to how best to preserve partridges . Byron's father was a dissolute army captain ... friends arrayed themselves in monkish costumes , reveled all night , and used as a drinking vessel an old monk's ...
... friend in a duel over a dispute as to how best to preserve partridges . Byron's father was a dissolute army captain ... friends arrayed themselves in monkish costumes , reveled all night , and used as a drinking vessel an old monk's ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
VERSE | 15 |
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