Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 60
... misery , and the misfortunes of those whose eminence drew upon them universal attention have been more carefully recorded , because they were more generally observed , and have in reality been only more conspicuous than those of others ...
... misery , and the misfortunes of those whose eminence drew upon them universal attention have been more carefully recorded , because they were more generally observed , and have in reality been only more conspicuous than those of others ...
Page 62
... misery , or that she would take every opportunity of aggravating his misfortunes , and obstruct- ing his resources , and with an implacable and restless cruelty continue her persecution from the first hour of his life to the last . But ...
... misery , or that she would take every opportunity of aggravating his misfortunes , and obstruct- ing his resources , and with an implacable and restless cruelty continue her persecution from the first hour of his life to the last . But ...
Page 84
... misery , and taking pleasure in the calamities of one who had brought his life into danger , reproved her gently for her perjury , and , changing the only guinea that he had , divided it equally between her and himself . This is an ...
... misery , and taking pleasure in the calamities of one who had brought his life into danger , reproved her gently for her perjury , and , changing the only guinea that he had , divided it equally between her and himself . This is an ...
Page 85
... misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always continued to speak with anger of the insolence and par- tiality of Page , and a short time before his death ...
... misery , he was sometimes obstinate in his resentment , and did not quickly lose the remembrance of an injury . He always continued to speak with anger of the insolence and par- tiality of Page , and a short time before his death ...
Page 91
... misery of living at the tables of other men , which was his fate from the beginning to the end of his life ; for I know not whether he ever had , for three months together , a settled habitation , in which he could claim a right of ...
... misery of living at the tables of other men , which was his fate from the beginning to the end of his life ; for I know not whether he ever had , for three months together , a settled habitation , in which he could claim a right of ...
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The Lives Of The English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore And Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2005 |
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