Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1967 |
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Page 126
... verses ; but how many of those verses have deserved to live ? Many men of eminent genius have , in modern times , written Latin poems ; but , as far as we are aware , none of those poems , not even Milton's , can be ranked in the first ...
... verses ; but how many of those verses have deserved to live ? Many men of eminent genius have , in modern times , written Latin poems ; but , as far as we are aware , none of those poems , not even Milton's , can be ranked in the first ...
Page 431
... verses , which , we believe , has never been reprinted . Some of these pieces had probably circulated through the town in manuscript . For , before the volume appeared , the critics at the coffee - houses very confidently predicted that ...
... verses , which , we believe , has never been reprinted . Some of these pieces had probably circulated through the town in manuscript . For , before the volume appeared , the critics at the coffee - houses very confidently predicted that ...
Page 515
... verses , Addison should be called Lycidas , a name of singularly evil omen for a swain just about to cross St ... verse by one of the neighbouring squires , the poetical fox - hunter , William Somerville . In August 1716 , the newspapers ...
... verses , Addison should be called Lycidas , a name of singularly evil omen for a swain just about to cross St ... verse by one of the neighbouring squires , the poetical fox - hunter , William Somerville . In August 1716 , the newspapers ...
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MACHIAVELLI | 1 |
POLITICAL CONTROVERSY | 33 |
CIVIL DISABILITIES OF JEWS | 225 |
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