LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Young , - 625 Duke , - 260 Mallet , - 660 ..King , - 261 Akenside , - 664 Sprat , - 264 Gray , - 669 Hallyfax , - 268 Lyttleton , - - 678 Parnell , - 271 Moore , Garth , - 274 Cawthorne , - 683- - 685 Rowe , - 278 Churchill , - 686 ...
... Young , - 625 Duke , - 260 Mallet , - 660 ..King , - 261 Akenside , - 664 Sprat , - 264 Gray , - 669 Hallyfax , - 268 Lyttleton , - - 678 Parnell , - 271 Moore , Garth , - 274 Cawthorne , - 683- - 685 Rowe , - 278 Churchill , - 686 ...
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... young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his settlement at ...
... young student , the greater part of his " Davideis ; " a work of which the materials could not have been collected without the study of many years , but by a mind of the greatest vigour and activity . Two years after his settlement at ...
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... Young as thou wert to dangers raw , to war . O curst essay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come , Hard elements of unauspicious war , Vain vows to Heaven , and unavailing care . DRYDEN . Hoffman , in ...
... Young as thou wert to dangers raw , to war . O curst essay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come , Hard elements of unauspicious war , Vain vows to Heaven , and unavailing care . DRYDEN . Hoffman , in ...
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... young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under slug- gishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country ...
... young man , given more to dice and cards than study ; " and therefore gave no prognosticks of his future eminence ; nor was suspected to conceal , under slug- gishness and laxity , a genius born to improve the literature of his country ...
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... - street , Dec. 9 , 1608 , between six and seven in the morning . Uis father appears to have been very solicitous about his education ; for he was instructed at first by private private tuition under the care of Thomas Young , who.
... - street , Dec. 9 , 1608 , between six and seven in the morning . Uis father appears to have been very solicitous about his education ; for he was instructed at first by private private tuition under the care of Thomas Young , who.
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