The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Samuel Carter Hall. THE POETS AND ARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . B JOHN POMFRET was born , in 1667 , at Luton POETRY AND PAINTING.
Samuel Carter Hall. THE POETS AND ARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . B JOHN POMFRET was born , in 1667 , at Luton POETRY AND PAINTING.
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Samuel Carter Hall. JOHN POMFRET was born , in 1667 , at Luton , in Bedfordshire , a parish of which his father was rector . He was educated at Queen's College , Cambridge , where he ob- tained his Bachelor's degree in 1684. On leaving ...
Samuel Carter Hall. JOHN POMFRET was born , in 1667 , at Luton , in Bedfordshire , a parish of which his father was rector . He was educated at Queen's College , Cambridge , where he ob- tained his Bachelor's degree in 1684. On leaving ...
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Samuel Carter Hall. JONATHAN SWIFT , a kinsman of John Dryden , was born on the 30th of November , 1667. He was of an English family . The place of his birth has not been correctly ascertained , but he was educated in Ireland . He passed ...
Samuel Carter Hall. JONATHAN SWIFT , a kinsman of John Dryden , was born on the 30th of November , 1667. He was of an English family . The place of his birth has not been correctly ascertained , but he was educated in Ireland . He passed ...
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... born maid : From whence the tender skin assumes A sweetness above all perfumes : From whence a cleanliness remains Incapable of outward stains : From whence that decency of mind , So lovely in the female kind , Where not one careless ...
... born maid : From whence the tender skin assumes A sweetness above all perfumes : From whence a cleanliness remains Incapable of outward stains : From whence that decency of mind , So lovely in the female kind , Where not one careless ...
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... born to introduce , Refin'd at first , and show'd its use . St. John , as well as Pulteney , knows That I had some repute for prose ; And , till they drove me out of date , Could maul a minister of state . If they have mortified my ...
... born to introduce , Refin'd at first , and show'd its use . St. John , as well as Pulteney , knows That I had some repute for prose ; And , till they drove me out of date , Could maul a minister of state . If they have mortified my ...
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