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10
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From this reading 120.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 10: Thomas Rymer, archaeologist and critic.
120
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From this reading 120.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 10: Thomas Rymer, archaeologist and critic.
192
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
5
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
6
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
7
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
8
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
9
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From this reading VIRG., _Aen._, vi.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 9: See the "South Sea Project," _ante_, p.
ad
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Aen
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From this reading VIRG., _Aen._, vi.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 9: See the "South Sea Project," _ante_, p.
Age
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
Allusion
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
altera
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
Anecdotes
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
ante
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
archaeologist
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From this reading 120.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 10: Thomas Rymer, archaeologist and critic.
B
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
candenti
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
coelum
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
coffee-house
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
Cornea
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
critic
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From this reading 120.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 10: Thomas Rymer, archaeologist and critic.
datur
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Dryden
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
Duck
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
E
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
elephanto
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
exitus
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
facilis
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
falsa
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
fertur
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Footnote
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
frequented
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
geminae
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
insomnia
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
Johnson's
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
large
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
lastnounUS /last/
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
LifenounUS /life/
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
Manes
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
mittunt
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
most
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
nitens
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
p
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
paid
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
partynounUS /party/
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
perfecta
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Poet
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
poets
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
portae
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Project
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From this reading VIRG., _Aen._, vi.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 9: See the "South Sea Project," _ante_, p.
qua
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
quarum
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Remarks
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
Rymer
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From this reading 120.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 10: Thomas Rymer, archaeologist and critic.
scribblers
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Sea
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From this reading VIRG., _Aen._, vi.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 9: See the "South Sea Project," _ante_, p.
Sed
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
See
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
Somni
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
South
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From this reading VIRG., _Aen._, vi.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 9: See the "South Sea Project," _ante_, p.
Spence's
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
Stephen
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
sums
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Sunt
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
supportverbUS /səˈpɔːrt/
to provide what someone needs in order to live
From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
Thomas
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From this reading 120.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 10: Thomas Rymer, archaeologist and critic.
Thresher
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
Tragedies
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From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
veris
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
vi
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From this reading VIRG., _Aen._, vi.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 9: See the "South Sea Project," _ante_, p.
VIRG
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From this reading VIRG., _Aen._, vi.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 9: See the "South Sea Project," _ante_, p.
Vmbris
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
W
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
Walpole
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From this reading 192, "On Stephen Duck, the Thresher Poet."--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 7: Allusion to the large sums paid by Walpole to scribblers in support of his party.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 8: "Sunt geminae Somni portae: quarum altera fertur Cornea; qua veris facilis datur exitus Vmbris: Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto; Sed falsa ad coelum mittunt insomnia Manes."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The allusion is to his "Remarks on the Tragedies of the last Age," on which see Johnson's "Life of Dryden" and Spence's "Anecdotes," p.
wits
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From this reading [Footnote 5: The coffee-house most frequented by the wits and poets of that time.--_W. E. B._] [Footnote 6: See _ante_, p.
