Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... when they should have called for a trumpet . This year ( 1716 ) he married the Countess Dowager of Warwick , whom he had solicited by a very long and anxious courtship , perhaps with behaviour not very un- like 26 LIVES OF THE POETS .
... when they should have called for a trumpet . This year ( 1716 ) he married the Countess Dowager of Warwick , whom he had solicited by a very long and anxious courtship , perhaps with behaviour not very un- like 26 LIVES OF THE POETS .
Page 27
... his own inability , was forced to solicit his dismission , with a pension of fifteen hundred pounds a year . His friends palliated this relinquishment , of which both friends and enemies knew the true reason ADDISON . 27.
... his own inability , was forced to solicit his dismission , with a pension of fifteen hundred pounds a year . His friends palliated this relinquishment , of which both friends and enemies knew the true reason ADDISON . 27.
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... solicited was then discovered . Addison told him that he had injured him ; but that , if he recovered , he would recompense him . What the injury was he did not explain , nor did Gay ever know ; but supposed that some preferment ...
... solicited was then discovered . Addison told him that he had injured him ; but that , if he recovered , he would recompense him . What the injury was he did not explain , nor did Gay ever know ; but supposed that some preferment ...
Page 62
... solicited reproach , and on whom the clemency of the Legislature had undeservedly bestowed a fortune , which would have been very little diminished by the expenses which the care of her child could have brought upon her . It was ...
... solicited reproach , and on whom the clemency of the Legislature had undeservedly bestowed a fortune , which would have been very little diminished by the expenses which the care of her child could have brought upon her . It was ...
Page 66
... solicited her to admit him to see her ; she avoided him with the most vigilant precaution , and ordered him to be excluded from her house , by whomsoever he might be introduced , and what reason soever he might give for entering it ...
... solicited her to admit him to see her ; she avoided him with the most vigilant precaution , and ordered him to be excluded from her house , by whomsoever he might be introduced , and what reason soever he might give for entering it ...
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