The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 27Alexander Chalmers J. Nichols, 1816 |
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... English translation was published by I. E. in 1727 . It is a kind of vision , giving a satirical account of the re- public of letters , not unlike the manner of Swift . The French have a translation of it , so late as 1770.1 SABATIER ...
... English translation was published by I. E. in 1727 . It is a kind of vision , giving a satirical account of the re- public of letters , not unlike the manner of Swift . The French have a translation of it , so late as 1770.1 SABATIER ...
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... English poet , and carried the same taste and talents to the Temple , where he wrote his tragedy of " Gorboduc , ” which was exhibited in the great hall by the students of that so- ciety , as part of a Christmas entertainment , and ...
... English poet , and carried the same taste and talents to the Temple , where he wrote his tragedy of " Gorboduc , ” which was exhibited in the great hall by the students of that so- ciety , as part of a Christmas entertainment , and ...
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... English rhyme . Pope took a fancy to re- trieve this play from oblivion , and Spence being employed . to set it off with all possible advantage , it was printed pompously in 1736 , 8vo , with a preface by the editor . Spence , speaking ...
... English rhyme . Pope took a fancy to re- trieve this play from oblivion , and Spence being employed . to set it off with all possible advantage , it was printed pompously in 1736 , 8vo , with a preface by the editor . Spence , speaking ...
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... English Poets . " He was a great patron of poets and men of wit , who have not failed in their turn to transmit his with lustre to posterity . Prior , Dryden , Congreve , Addison , and many more , have all exerted themselves in their ...
... English Poets . " He was a great patron of poets and men of wit , who have not failed in their turn to transmit his with lustre to posterity . Prior , Dryden , Congreve , Addison , and many more , have all exerted themselves in their ...
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... three inscriptions , in Latin verse , in En- glish verse , and in English prose : against the north wall is another for sir Thomas , with the effigies of himself in armour , his lady , son and daughter , and SADLER . 31.
... three inscriptions , in Latin verse , in En- glish verse , and in English prose : against the north wall is another for sir Thomas , with the effigies of himself in armour , his lady , son and daughter , and SADLER . 31.
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