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... has been written by Dr. Sprat, an author whose pregnancy of imagination and
elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature; but
his zeal of friendship, or ambition of eloquence, has produced a funeral oration ...
... has been written by Dr. Sprat, an author whose pregnancy of imagination and
elegance of language have deservedly set him high in the ranks of literature; but
his zeal of friendship, or ambition of eloquence, has produced a funeral oration ...
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While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Loves Riddle," though
it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge. s This comedy is of
the pastoral kind, which requires no acquaintance. * This volume was not ...
While he was yet at school he produced a comedy called " Loves Riddle," though
it was not published till he had been some time at Cambridge. s This comedy is of
the pastoral kind, which requires no acquaintance. * This volume was not ...
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... the author. To love excellence, is natural; it is natural likewise for the lover to
solicit reciprocal regard by an elaborate display of his own qualifications. The
desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism, and
effusions ...
... the author. To love excellence, is natural; it is natural likewise for the lover to
solicit reciprocal regard by an elaborate display of his own qualifications. The
desire of pleasing has in different men produced actions of heroism, and
effusions ...
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At the same time were produced, from the same University, the two great Poets,
Cowley and Milton, of dissimilar genius, of opposite principles ; but concurring in
tliecultivation of Latin Poetry, in which the English, till their works and May's Poem
...
At the same time were produced, from the same University, the two great Poets,
Cowley and Milton, of dissimilar genius, of opposite principles ; but concurring in
tliecultivation of Latin Poetry, in which the English, till their works and May's Poem
...
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The neglect of the Court was not his only mortification; having by such alteration
as he thought proper, fitted his old Comedy of " The Guardian" for the stage, he
produced it* under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman-street f ." It was treated on ...
The neglect of the Court was not his only mortification; having by such alteration
as he thought proper, fitted his old Comedy of " The Guardian" for the stage, he
produced it* under the title of " The Cutter of Coleman-street f ." It was treated on ...
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