Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910 - American literature |
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... born to a nobility that he had not a virtue to support . The following will show the style of the maxims in Fruits of Solitude , some 850 in number : On Temperance . To this a spare diet contributes much . Eat therefore to live and do ...
... born to a nobility that he had not a virtue to support . The following will show the style of the maxims in Fruits of Solitude , some 850 in number : On Temperance . To this a spare diet contributes much . Eat therefore to live and do ...
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... born ; one was wholly , the other partly , educated in Ireland . Nahum Tate ( 1652-1715 ) , son of a Dublin clergyman , was educated at Trinity College . He succeeded Shadwell as poet - laureate in 1690 , in 1702 became also ...
... born ; one was wholly , the other partly , educated in Ireland . Nahum Tate ( 1652-1715 ) , son of a Dublin clergyman , was educated at Trinity College . He succeeded Shadwell as poet - laureate in 1690 , in 1702 became also ...
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... born at West- minster , passed in 1662 from Westminster School to Christ Church , Oxford , of which he became a canon in 1682 , and dean in 1689. He it was who urged Charles Boyle to edit the Epistles of Phalaris ( see Vol . I. p . 754 ) ...
... born at West- minster , passed in 1662 from Westminster School to Christ Church , Oxford , of which he became a canon in 1682 , and dean in 1689. He it was who urged Charles Boyle to edit the Epistles of Phalaris ( see Vol . I. p . 754 ) ...
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... born at Dun- stable , went from Oxford University to London to make a living by his pen , and at eighteen ( in 1665 ) made a hit by his tragedy of Cambyses ( printed 1671 ) . To annoy Dryden , Rochester got his high - flown Empress of ...
... born at Dun- stable , went from Oxford University to London to make a living by his pen , and at eighteen ( in 1665 ) made a hit by his tragedy of Cambyses ( printed 1671 ) . To annoy Dryden , Rochester got his high - flown Empress of ...
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... born six foot high was born to be a great man . Sir , will you give me leave to try this cap upon your head ? Costar Pearmain . Is there no harm in ' t ? Won't the cap list me ? Kite . No , no ; no more than I can . Come , let me see ...
... born six foot high was born to be a great man . Sir , will you give me leave to try this cap upon your head ? Costar Pearmain . Is there no harm in ' t ? Won't the cap list me ? Kite . No , no ; no more than I can . Come , let me see ...
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