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... poet as well as his fool ; But now we're so frugal , I'd like you to know it , That Cibber can serve both for fool and for poet . " In December 1757 there was an announcement in the Press to the effect that " there died at his house in ...
... poet as well as his fool ; But now we're so frugal , I'd like you to know it , That Cibber can serve both for fool and for poet . " In December 1757 there was an announcement in the Press to the effect that " there died at his house in ...
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... poet , " kept a tavern called " The Poet's Head " in 1652. As a sign he hung out a portrait of his own head with the inscription : " There's many a head stands for a sign ; Then , gentle reader , why not mine ? " Here he died in ...
... poet , " kept a tavern called " The Poet's Head " in 1652. As a sign he hung out a portrait of his own head with the inscription : " There's many a head stands for a sign ; Then , gentle reader , why not mine ? " Here he died in ...
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... poet . Edmund Spenser was buried near Chaucer in the Poets ' Corner in 1599 at the expense of the Earl of Essex , whose money he had refused while living . His hearse was attended by poets , and mournful elegies and poems , with the ...
... poet . Edmund Spenser was buried near Chaucer in the Poets ' Corner in 1599 at the expense of the Earl of Essex , whose money he had refused while living . His hearse was attended by poets , and mournful elegies and poems , with the ...
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