Essays on the Eighteenth Century: Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth Birthday |
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... given of his way of writing to Stella in these journals . The reader , I hope , will excuse my omitting it in all other places where it occurs . The meaning of this pretty language is ; ' And you must cry There , and Here , and Here ...
... given of his way of writing to Stella in these journals . The reader , I hope , will excuse my omitting it in all other places where it occurs . The meaning of this pretty language is ; ' And you must cry There , and Here , and Here ...
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... given him by the printed editions . In what was given him by Gray these 72 lines were followed , he recalls , by others , since cancelled . The exact number of the cancelled lines he might be forgiven for not remembering . Even if he ...
... given him by the printed editions . In what was given him by Gray these 72 lines were followed , he recalls , by others , since cancelled . The exact number of the cancelled lines he might be forgiven for not remembering . Even if he ...
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... given merely the ' fragrant steams ' of cooking . II Arnold's being a charming writer does not preclude his also being a writer given to pontificating : the charm is often priestly . He seems to have been the first critic to use the ...
... given merely the ' fragrant steams ' of cooking . II Arnold's being a charming writer does not preclude his also being a writer given to pontificating : the charm is often priestly . He seems to have been the first critic to use the ...
Contents
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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