Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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... amongst them the larger part of doubtful authority . All the energy of curiosity di- rected upon this subject , through a period of one hundred and fifty years , ( for so long it is since Better- ton the actor began to make researches ...
... amongst them the larger part of doubtful authority . All the energy of curiosity di- rected upon this subject , through a period of one hundred and fifty years , ( for so long it is since Better- ton the actor began to make researches ...
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... amongst its catalogues of heroes . With respect to the author of the Tatler , a very different explanation is requisite . Steevens means the reader to understand Addison ; but it does not follow that the particular paper in question was ...
... amongst its catalogues of heroes . With respect to the author of the Tatler , a very different explanation is requisite . Steevens means the reader to understand Addison ; but it does not follow that the particular paper in question was ...
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... amongst the French classics . Hence it arose that he took upon himself to speak sneeringly of Tasso . To this , which was a bold act for his timid mind , he was emboldened by the countenance of Boileau . Of the elder Italian authors ...
... amongst the French classics . Hence it arose that he took upon himself to speak sneeringly of Tasso . To this , which was a bold act for his timid mind , he was emboldened by the countenance of Boileau . Of the elder Italian authors ...
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... amongst the defaulters in the payment of taxes . The latter fact undoubtedly goes to prove that , like every man who is falling back in the world , he was occasionally in arrears . Paying taxes is not like the honors awarded or the ...
... amongst the defaulters in the payment of taxes . The latter fact undoubtedly goes to prove that , like every man who is falling back in the world , he was occasionally in arrears . Paying taxes is not like the honors awarded or the ...
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... amongst creditors , alike towards the just and the unjust amongst debtors . 6 It was the wise and beautiful prayer of Agar , Give me neither poverty nor riches ; ' and , doubtless , for quiet , for peace , and the latentis semita vita ...
... amongst creditors , alike towards the just and the unjust amongst debtors . 6 It was the wise and beautiful prayer of Agar , Give me neither poverty nor riches ; ' and , doubtless , for quiet , for peace , and the latentis semita vita ...
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