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... person say , he once recommended a subject to Gainsborough , the painter , with whom he was intimate , and that he an- swered , I should have made something of that if it had occurred to me of my own head , but it will be of no use now ...
... person say , he once recommended a subject to Gainsborough , the painter , with whom he was intimate , and that he an- swered , I should have made something of that if it had occurred to me of my own head , but it will be of no use now ...
Page 84
Charles Bathurst. self , and operates through others . Every person who sees the play , from the lowest to the ... persons . We do not say , as in other poets , this is a play ; it is not very likely ; but we must bring about the plot ...
Charles Bathurst. self , and operates through others . Every person who sees the play , from the lowest to the ... persons . We do not say , as in other poets , this is a play ; it is not very likely ; but we must bring about the plot ...
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... person accus- tomed to write rhyme , and whose ear required a ponde- rous syllable at the end of each line , as a substitute . This will apply to nearly all the blank verse that Feele has left behind him . " And of Lodge , " His blank ...
... person accus- tomed to write rhyme , and whose ear required a ponde- rous syllable at the end of each line , as a substitute . This will apply to nearly all the blank verse that Feele has left behind him . " And of Lodge , " His blank ...
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