The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... birth of his fon , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling carneftly to procure him a literary education , and who , as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had B 3 as [ 5 ] Life of CowLEY,
... birth of his fon , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling carneftly to procure him a literary education , and who , as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had B 3 as [ 5 ] Life of CowLEY,
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Samuel Johnson. as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had her folicitude rewarded by feeing her fon eminent , and , I hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account , that he al ...
Samuel Johnson. as fhe lived to the age of eighty , had her folicitude rewarded by feeing her fon eminent , and , I hope , by feeing him fortunate , and partaking his profperity . We know at least , from Sprat's account , that he al ...
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... lived and acted with manners uncommunicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whofe ftory is related , and by confequence their joys and griefs are not eafily adopted , nor can the at ...
... lived and acted with manners uncommunicable ; fo that it is difficult even for imagination to place us in the state of them whofe ftory is related , and by confequence their joys and griefs are not eafily adopted , nor can the at ...
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... lived five years ; in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this univerfality is to be understood , who fhall inform us ? It might be fuppofed that he who read fo much should have ...
... lived five years ; in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this univerfality is to be understood , who fhall inform us ? It might be fuppofed that he who read fo much should have ...
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... lived at Horton he used fome- times to fteal from his ftudies a few days , which he fpent at Harefield , the house of the countess dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatick entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
... lived at Horton he used fome- times to fteal from his ftudies a few days , which he fpent at Harefield , the house of the countess dowager of Derby , where the Arcades made part of a dramatick entertainment . He began now to grow weary ...
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