Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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Page 88
... once stood the plain , homely dwelling of the early topographers and oil landskip - painters , Turner reared a noble pile , and won for landscape - painting a throne at the side of History . Neither our old men , at the be- ginning of ...
... once stood the plain , homely dwelling of the early topographers and oil landskip - painters , Turner reared a noble pile , and won for landscape - painting a throne at the side of History . Neither our old men , at the be- ginning of ...
Page 148
... once ' Dearest Dear ' , and once ' My Sweet Angel ' . He is hardly I ' Dear Mr. Warton ' once to Tom Warton , but in the text ( 59 ) , and not in the vocative : ' Why does my dear Mr. Warton tell me nothing of himself ? ' less ...
... once ' Dearest Dear ' , and once ' My Sweet Angel ' . He is hardly I ' Dear Mr. Warton ' once to Tom Warton , but in the text ( 59 ) , and not in the vocative : ' Why does my dear Mr. Warton tell me nothing of himself ? ' less ...
Page 151
... Once only , I believe , is he ' sincerely yours ' ( 847 , to his friend and neighbour Edmund Allen ) . Once only is he ' truly yours ' ; in 970 , the letter to Mrs. Thrale on her second marriage . It ends : ' I was , I once was , Madam ...
... Once only , I believe , is he ' sincerely yours ' ( 847 , to his friend and neighbour Edmund Allen ) . Once only is he ' truly yours ' ; in 970 , the letter to Mrs. Thrale on her second marriage . It ends : ' I was , I once was , Madam ...
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THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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