The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know , at least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment ...
... hope , by seeing him fortunate , and partaking his prosperity . We know , at least , from Sprat's account , that he always acknowledged her care , and justly paid the dues of filial gratitude . In the window of his mother's apartment ...
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... hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis , sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtues . At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in ...
... hope , or the gloominess of despair ; and dresses his imaginary Chloris or Phyllis , sometimes in flowers fading as her beauty , and sometimes in gems lasting as her virtues . At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in ...
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... hope , that great numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood ...
... hope , that great numbers were inevitably disap- pointed ; and Cowley found his reward very tediously delayed . He had been promised by both Charles the First and Second , the mastership of the Savoy ; " but he lost it , " says Wood ...
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... hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whether 1 shall ever recover it , ) as to walk about again . And then , methinks , you and I and the Dean might be very merry upon St. Ann's Hill ...
... hope to recover my late hurt so far within five or six days ( though it be uncertain yet whether 1 shall ever recover it , ) as to walk about again . And then , methinks , you and I and the Dean might be very merry upon St. Ann's Hill ...
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... hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation . Their attempts were always analytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and could no more represent , by their slender conceits and laboured ...
... hope of greatness ; for great things cannot have escaped former observation . Their attempts were always analytic ; they broke every image into fragments ; and could no more represent , by their slender conceits and laboured ...
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