The PolyanthosJ. T. Buckingham, 1812 |
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... pieces above quoted as specimens of Osander's talents at blank verse and rhyme , without regard to any thing but ver- sification . The following , on which we have accidentally laid our eye , is a fair specimen of the whole composition ...
... pieces above quoted as specimens of Osander's talents at blank verse and rhyme , without regard to any thing but ver- sification . The following , on which we have accidentally laid our eye , is a fair specimen of the whole composition ...
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... pieces which he composed most rapidly are full of learned quotations , when it is mani- fest from the time employed upon them , that it was impossible any part of it should have been expended in looking into books . He frequently indeed ...
... pieces which he composed most rapidly are full of learned quotations , when it is mani- fest from the time employed upon them , that it was impossible any part of it should have been expended in looking into books . He frequently indeed ...
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... pieces of humour for Shuter to deliver at his benefit . For Shuter he composed the first sketch of his Lecture on Heads , which is said to have owed its origin to his meeting , in one of his strolling excursions with a country mechanick ...
... pieces of humour for Shuter to deliver at his benefit . For Shuter he composed the first sketch of his Lecture on Heads , which is said to have owed its origin to his meeting , in one of his strolling excursions with a country mechanick ...
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... The founding of this excellent institution must perpetuate the philanthropy of Mr. Hull , who likewise claimed an honourable rank among VOL . 2. Q literary men , for the several dramatick pieces which he THE POLYANTHOS . 181.
... The founding of this excellent institution must perpetuate the philanthropy of Mr. Hull , who likewise claimed an honourable rank among VOL . 2. Q literary men , for the several dramatick pieces which he THE POLYANTHOS . 181.
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literary men , for the several dramatick pieces which he produced . In 1775 , when Mr. Colman relinquished the management of Covent - garden theatre , the bet- ter to attend the Haymarket , which was his sole property , Mr. Hull was ...
literary men , for the several dramatick pieces which he produced . In 1775 , when Mr. Colman relinquished the management of Covent - garden theatre , the bet- ter to attend the Haymarket , which was his sole property , Mr. Hull was ...
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