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Page 167
... ground of better hope , that Pope , who lived near enough to be well informed , relates in Spence's memorials , that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of a thief that had robbed one of his friends .
... ground of better hope , that Pope , who lived near enough to be well informed , relates in Spence's memorials , that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of a thief that had robbed one of his friends .
Page 190
9 1 King , ' says Waller , ' does me great honour , in taking notice of my domestick affairs ; but I have lived long enough to observe that this falling church has got a trick of rising again . ' He took notice to his friends of the ...
9 1 King , ' says Waller , ' does me great honour , in taking notice of my domestick affairs ; but I have lived long enough to observe that this falling church has got a trick of rising again . ' He took notice to his friends of the ...
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... is related in his Life , was sequestered , he had probably contracted debts when he lived in exile ; for we are told that at Paris he lived in splendor , and was the only Englishman , except the Lord St. Albans , that kept a table .
... is related in his Life , was sequestered , he had probably contracted debts when he lived in exile ; for we are told that at Paris he lived in splendor , and was the only Englishman , except the Lord St. Albans , that kept a table .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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