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... died . Such melancholy disappointments we know to be inci- dent to humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me par- ticularly lament the Reverend Thomas Warton and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of ...
... died . Such melancholy disappointments we know to be inci- dent to humanity ; but we do not feel them the less . Let me par- ticularly lament the Reverend Thomas Warton and the Reverend Dr. Adams . Mr. Warton , amidst his variety of ...
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... died on the 19th of May , 1795. All the notes that he had written in the margin of the copy , which he had in part revised , are here faithfully preserved ; and a few new notes have been added , principally by some of those friends to ...
... died on the 19th of May , 1795. All the notes that he had written in the margin of the copy , which he had in part revised , are here faithfully preserved ; and a few new notes have been added , principally by some of those friends to ...
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... dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her ... died Sept. 2 , 1794 , ęt . 85. He was , therefore , about the same age as Johnson .-- Croker . had too much good ...
... dying for love . She was buried in the cathedral of Lichfield ; and he , with a tender regard , placed a stone over her ... died Sept. 2 , 1794 , ęt . 85. He was , therefore , about the same age as Johnson .-- Croker . had too much good ...
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... died , Bishop of Lincoln , in 1779. He wrote three of the Athenian Letters , but was not usher at Lichfield till after Johnson had left school . - Croker . 2 Charles Congreve , of whose latter days see Johnson's striking descrip- tion ...
... died , Bishop of Lincoln , in 1779. He wrote three of the Athenian Letters , but was not usher at Lichfield till after Johnson had left school . - Croker . 2 Charles Congreve , of whose latter days see Johnson's striking descrip- tion ...
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... died at his episcopal palace , Dro- more , Sept. 30 , 1811 , in his eighty - third year . In 1765 he published his celebrated Reliques of Ancient English Poetry ; a book which forms an era in the history of English literature . - Editor ...
... died at his episcopal palace , Dro- more , Sept. 30 , 1811 , in his eighty - third year . In 1765 he published his celebrated Reliques of Ancient English Poetry ; a book which forms an era in the history of English literature . - Editor ...
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