Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 142 pages |
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... most folemn and devout manner with his own hand . He came to church every morn ing , preached commonly in his turn , and attended the evening anthem , that it might not be negligently performed . He He read the fervice rather with a ...
... most folemn and devout manner with his own hand . He came to church every morn ing , preached commonly in his turn , and attended the evening anthem , that it might not be negligently performed . He He read the fervice rather with a ...
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Samuel Johnson. that placed all kinds of vice in the ftrangest and most odious light ; but others , and among them Dr. Herring , afterwards archbishop of Canterbury , cenfured it as giving encouragement not only to vice but to crimes ...
Samuel Johnson. that placed all kinds of vice in the ftrangest and most odious light ; but others , and among them Dr. Herring , afterwards archbishop of Canterbury , cenfured it as giving encouragement not only to vice but to crimes ...
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... Barbarians in the dawn of literature , and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for the most part thrown away , as men grow wife , and nations grow learned . > *** ** [ ] BROO ME , WIL VILLIAM BROOME was born 30 GAY . > ...
... Barbarians in the dawn of literature , and children in the dawn of life ; but will be for the most part thrown away , as men grow wife , and nations grow learned . > *** ** [ ] BROO ME , WIL VILLIAM BROOME was born 30 GAY . > ...
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... most popular writers , for he feems fcarcely to endeavour at con- cealment ; and fometimes he picks up fragments in obfcure corners . His lines to Fenton , Serene , Serene , the fting of pain thy thoughts beguile , 10 BROOM E.
... most popular writers , for he feems fcarcely to endeavour at con- cealment ; and fometimes he picks up fragments in obfcure corners . His lines to Fenton , Serene , Serene , the fting of pain thy thoughts beguile , 10 BROOM E.
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... most fuc- cessful Epilogue that was ever yet fpoken on the English theatre . The three first nights it was recited twice ; and not only continued to be demanded through the run , as it is termed , of the * Spence . play , play , but ...
... most fuc- cessful Epilogue that was ever yet fpoken on the English theatre . The three first nights it was recited twice ; and not only continued to be demanded through the run , as it is termed , of the * Spence . play , play , but ...
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