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His friends endeavoured to divert him . The earl of Burlington sent him ( 1716 ) into Devonshire ; the year after , Mr Pulteney took him to Aix ; and in the following year lord Harcourt invited him to his seat , where , during his visit ...
His friends endeavoured to divert him . The earl of Burlington sent him ( 1716 ) into Devonshire ; the year after , Mr Pulteney took him to Aix ; and in the following year lord Harcourt invited him to his seat , where , during his visit ...
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... man whom he had known early , and whom he seemed to love with more tenderness than any other of his literary friends . ... and the will to grow less flexible , and when therefore the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt .
... man whom he had known early , and whom he seemed to love with more tenderness than any other of his literary friends . ... and the will to grow less flexible , and when therefore the departure of an old friend is very acutely felt .
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his particular friends , or a more general friendship for mankind . At another time he said , I have known Pope these thirty years , and value myself more in his friendship than — his grief then suppressed his voice .
his particular friends , or a more general friendship for mankind . At another time he said , I have known Pope these thirty years , and value myself more in his friendship than — his grief then suppressed his voice .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Robert Montagu |
| Publisher | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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