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Page 256
... lived many years after the publication of his Miscellaneous Poems , yet he added nothing to them , but lived on in literary indolence ; engaged in no controversy , contending with no rival , neither soliciting flattery by publick ...
... lived many years after the publication of his Miscellaneous Poems , yet he added nothing to them , but lived on in literary indolence ; engaged in no controversy , contending with no rival , neither soliciting flattery by publick ...
Page 391
... lived to see her son rising into eminence . The design of Thomson's friends was to breed him a minister . He lived at Edinburgh , as at school , without distinction or expectation , till , at the usual time , he performed a probationary ...
... lived to see her son rising into eminence . The design of Thomson's friends was to breed him a minister . He lived at Edinburgh , as at school , without distinction or expectation , till , at the usual time , he performed a probationary ...
Page 397
... lived to publish was the Castle of Indolence , which was many years under his hand , but was at last finished with great accuracy . The first canto opens a scene of lazy luxury , that fills the imagination . He was now at ease , but was ...
... lived to publish was the Castle of Indolence , which was many years under his hand , but was at last finished with great accuracy . The first canto opens a scene of lazy luxury , that fills the imagination . He was now at ease , but was ...
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