Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... Of fome other copies of his verfes , ori- ginally printed in Dryden's Mifcellanies , while he was young , the largest is An Account of the greatest English Poets ; in in the clofe of which he infinuates a defign he The PREFAC E. xiii.
... Of fome other copies of his verfes , ori- ginally printed in Dryden's Mifcellanies , while he was young , the largest is An Account of the greatest English Poets ; in in the clofe of which he infinuates a defign he The PREFAC E. xiii.
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... poem upon one of King William's campaigns , addreffed to his Lordship , was received with great humanity , and occafioned a meffage from him to the author to defire his acquaint- ance . He foon after obtained , by his intereft , a ...
... poem upon one of King William's campaigns , addreffed to his Lordship , was received with great humanity , and occafioned a meffage from him to the author to defire his acquaint- ance . He foon after obtained , by his intereft , a ...
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... poem , gathered from the hills and valleys where it was written . The Tiber and the Po ferve to explain the verses that were made upon their banks ; and the Alps and Apennines are made commentators on those authors , to whom they were ...
... poem , gathered from the hills and valleys where it was written . The Tiber and the Po ferve to explain the verses that were made upon their banks ; and the Alps and Apennines are made commentators on those authors , to whom they were ...
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... of the Greek tongue at Florence , is inferted in this edition , not only . on the account of its merit , but because it is the language of the country country which is the subject of this poem . The xviii The PREFAC É .
... of the Greek tongue at Florence , is inferted in this edition , not only . on the account of its merit , but because it is the language of the country country which is the subject of this poem . The xviii The PREFAC É .
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Joseph Addison. country which is the subject of this poem . The The materials for the Dialogues upon Medals , were collected in the native country of those coins . book itself was begun to be caft into form at Vienna , as appears from a ...
Joseph Addison. country which is the subject of this poem . The The materials for the Dialogues upon Medals , were collected in the native country of those coins . book itself was begun to be caft into form at Vienna , as appears from a ...
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