The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 3: With Critical Observations on Their WorksNichols and Son, 1801 - English poetry |
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... because he had refused to co - operate with fome of their schemes . What he had refused has never been told ; what he had fuffered was , I fuppofe , the exclufion from a bishoprick by the remonftrances of Sharpe , whom he defcribes as ...
... because he had refused to co - operate with fome of their schemes . What he had refused has never been told ; what he had fuffered was , I fuppofe , the exclufion from a bishoprick by the remonftrances of Sharpe , whom he defcribes as ...
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... because fhe was afraid ; and Harley was flow because he was doubtful : he was a Tory only by neceffity , or for convenience ; and , when he had power in his hands , had no fettled purpose for which he should employ it ; forced to ...
... because fhe was afraid ; and Harley was flow because he was doubtful : he was a Tory only by neceffity , or for convenience ; and , when he had power in his hands , had no fettled purpose for which he should employ it ; forced to ...
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... because the preference given to one affords all the reft reafon for complaint . " When I give away a place , " faid Lewis XIV . " I make an hundred difcontented , and one ungrateful . " 66 Much has been faid of the equality and indepen ...
... because the preference given to one affords all the reft reafon for complaint . " When I give away a place , " faid Lewis XIV . " I make an hundred difcontented , and one ungrateful . " 66 Much has been faid of the equality and indepen ...
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... because her affociates were little . In fome Remarks lately published on the Life of Swift , his marriage is mentioned as fabulous , or doubt- ful ; but , alas ! poor Stella , as Dr. Madden told me , related her melancholy ftory to Dr ...
... because her affociates were little . In fome Remarks lately published on the Life of Swift , his marriage is mentioned as fabulous , or doubt- ful ; but , alas ! poor Stella , as Dr. Madden told me , related her melancholy ftory to Dr ...
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... Because we " would rather fee you than any of them .'- ' Ay , 66 any one that did not know fo well as I do might " believe you . But fince you are come , you are come , I must get " fome fupper for you , I fuppofe .'- ' No , Doctor ...
... Because we " would rather fee you than any of them .'- ' Ay , 66 any one that did not know fo well as I do might " believe you . But fince you are come , you are come , I must get " fome fupper for you , I fuppofe .'- ' No , Doctor ...
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