Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 146
... regard in an epistle upon authors , which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , inserted by him in the Maga- zine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
... regard in an epistle upon authors , which he wrote about that time , but was too wise to publish , and of which only some fragments have appeared , inserted by him in the Maga- zine after his retirement . To despair was not , however ...
Page 150
... regard . Nor was the publick much more favourable than his patron , for only seventy - two were sold , though the per- formance was much commended by some whose judge- ment in that kind of writing is generally allowed . But Savage ...
... regard . Nor was the publick much more favourable than his patron , for only seventy - two were sold , though the per- formance was much commended by some whose judge- ment in that kind of writing is generally allowed . But Savage ...
Page 254
... regard to the subscription demanded , and that the Tories never put him under the necessity of asking leave to be grateful . But , says he , as Mr. Addison must be the judge in what regards himself , and seems to have no very just one in ...
... regard to the subscription demanded , and that the Tories never put him under the necessity of asking leave to be grateful . But , says he , as Mr. Addison must be the judge in what regards himself , and seems to have no very just one in ...
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