English Letters and Letterwriters of the Eighteenth Century: With Explanatory NotesG. Bell & Sons, 1886 - 552 страници |
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... sort of conventionalism in this country , two causes concurred on the one hand , the English pedantry of the Court of Elizabeth and of the first Stuart ( of which the famous PREFACE . vii . Euphues of Lilly , that long vi . PREFACE .
... sort of conventionalism in this country , two causes concurred on the one hand , the English pedantry of the Court of Elizabeth and of the first Stuart ( of which the famous PREFACE . vii . Euphues of Lilly , that long vi . PREFACE .
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... Court on a political mission - Addresses an Ode to Congreve Leaves Moor Park in anger , visits Leicester , and then returns to Ireland - Takes Orders , and obtains the Prebend of Kilroot - Makes the acquaintance of Miss Waring - His ...
... Court on a political mission - Addresses an Ode to Congreve Leaves Moor Park in anger , visits Leicester , and then returns to Ireland - Takes Orders , and obtains the Prebend of Kilroot - Makes the acquaintance of Miss Waring - His ...
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... Court at Leicester House , and in high favour with the Princess of Wales and Mrs. Howard - Contributes , with Pope and Arbuthnot , to the Miscellanies - Returns to Ireland - Again visits London -- Publishes his Travels of Lemuel ...
... Court at Leicester House , and in high favour with the Princess of Wales and Mrs. Howard - Contributes , with Pope and Arbuthnot , to the Miscellanies - Returns to Ireland - Again visits London -- Publishes his Travels of Lemuel ...
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... Borrows one of St. John's shirts to go to Court in - Dines with Mr. Masham - Patrick takes a holiday , and leaves him without clothes - Patrick again - His opinion b · . 107-114 of Windsor - His agent Walls and his wife -
... Borrows one of St. John's shirts to go to Court in - Dines with Mr. Masham - Patrick takes a holiday , and leaves him without clothes - Patrick again - His opinion b · . 107-114 of Windsor - His agent Walls and his wife -
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... court to him - On easy terms with Addison and Steele , to the latter of whom he had written a " biting letter " -With St. John to Windsor , with whom he lodges— Complains of Patrick again - Never was in a greater passion - Indig- nant ...
... court to him - On easy terms with Addison and Steele , to the latter of whom he had written a " biting letter " -With St. John to Windsor , with whom he lodges— Complains of Patrick again - Never was in a greater passion - Indig- nant ...
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