Essays on the Eighteenth Century: Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth Birthday |
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... beginning to put together , but nothing perfect or finished , nor in any condition to be shown , except to a friend at a fireside . ' A good example of his methods of ' building ' a poem is found in the fragments of the Epistle to Dr ...
... beginning to put together , but nothing perfect or finished , nor in any condition to be shown , except to a friend at a fireside . ' A good example of his methods of ' building ' a poem is found in the fragments of the Epistle to Dr ...
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... beginning you have seen long ago , I immediately send it you.'2 What was the ' beginning ' which Walpole had ' long ago ' seen ? And how far back may Gray's ' long ago ' be supposed to carry us ? Both questions are , I think , answered ...
... beginning you have seen long ago , I immediately send it you.'2 What was the ' beginning ' which Walpole had ' long ago ' seen ? And how far back may Gray's ' long ago ' be supposed to carry us ? Both questions are , I think , answered ...
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... beginning ' which Gray sent to Walpole at a date which he speaks of , in 1750 , as ' long ago ' ? Or was that ' beginning ' the meagre ' twelve or more first lines ' spoken of in Walpole's letter to Mason ? Of Walpole's letter we have ...
... beginning ' which Gray sent to Walpole at a date which he speaks of , in 1750 , as ' long ago ' ? Or was that ' beginning ' the meagre ' twelve or more first lines ' spoken of in Walpole's letter to Mason ? Of Walpole's letter we have ...
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DAVID NICHOL SMITH From a drawing by SIR MUIRHEAD BONE Frontispiece | 15 |
DEANE SWIFT HAWKESWORTH AND THE JOURNAL TO STELLA HAROLD WILLIAMS | 33 |
POPE AT WORK GEORGE SHERBURN Harvard University | 65 |
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