Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... gave me some pain ; but it was quite over as soon as I came to look into his book , and found he was in such a passion . - The same . When I was looking over some things I had brought from Italy , to pick out what might be of use to his ...
... gave me some pain ; but it was quite over as soon as I came to look into his book , and found he was in such a passion . - The same . When I was looking over some things I had brought from Italy , to pick out what might be of use to his ...
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... gave Mr. Pope to under- stand as much . Mr. Pope would not com- ply with such a baseness ; and when the Alderman died he left him only a legacy of a hundred pounds , which might have been some thousands , if he had obliged him only with ...
... gave Mr. Pope to under- stand as much . Mr. Pope would not com- ply with such a baseness ; and when the Alderman died he left him only a legacy of a hundred pounds , which might have been some thousands , if he had obliged him only with ...
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... gave me as much when I read it over about a year or two ago . - The same . - SKELTON . ; Skelton's poems are all low and bad ; there is nothing in them that is worth read- ing . The same . [ Mr. Cleland , who was by , added that the ...
... gave me as much when I read it over about a year or two ago . - The same . - SKELTON . ; Skelton's poems are all low and bad ; there is nothing in them that is worth read- ing . The same . [ Mr. Cleland , who was by , added that the ...
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... gave Cowley the fever that carried him off . -The same . DENHAM . Sir John Denham's celebrated couplet on the Thames owes a great part of its fineness to the frequency and variety of the pauses : Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle ...
... gave Cowley the fever that carried him off . -The same . DENHAM . Sir John Denham's celebrated couplet on the Thames owes a great part of its fineness to the frequency and variety of the pauses : Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle ...
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... gave Mr. Dryden the hint for writing his poem called the Medal . One day as the King was walking in the Mall , and talking with Dryden , he said , " If I was a poet ( and I think I am poor enough to be one ) I would write a poem on such ...
... gave Mr. Dryden the hint for writing his poem called the Medal . One day as the King was walking in the Mall , and talking with Dryden , he said , " If I was a poet ( and I think I am poor enough to be one ) I would write a poem on such ...
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