Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 107
... afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently ...
... afterwards obliged to return . Two thousand pounds , which he had placed in the Excise - office , were also lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently ...
Page 136
... afterwards , he found them destroyed , to stop windows , and owns that they hardly deserved a better fate . He was afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much recommended ...
... afterwards , he found them destroyed , to stop windows , and owns that they hardly deserved a better fate . He was afterwards admitted into the family of the Countess of Kent , where he had the use of a library ; and so much recommended ...
Page 456
... afterwards raised a regiment of foot , and com- manded it as colonel . The land - forces were sent ashore by prince Rupert ; and he lived in the camp very famili- arly with Schomberg . He was then appointed colonel of the old Holland ...
... afterwards raised a regiment of foot , and com- manded it as colonel . The land - forces were sent ashore by prince Rupert ; and he lived in the camp very famili- arly with Schomberg . He was then appointed colonel of the old Holland ...
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