The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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Page 34
... said that he had maf- tered it , difmiffed him with this congratulation , " Then , Sir , I envy you the pleasure of reading Don Quixot in the original . " 66 This story is fufficiently attefted ; but why Oxford , who defired to be ...
... said that he had maf- tered it , difmiffed him with this congratulation , " Then , Sir , I envy you the pleasure of reading Don Quixot in the original . " 66 This story is fufficiently attefted ; but why Oxford , who defired to be ...
Page 66
... said Tonson , “ the defign of getting that lady , from " the time when he was firft recommended into the " family . " In what part of his life he obtained the recommendation , or how long , and in what manner he lived in the family , I ...
... said Tonson , “ the defign of getting that lady , from " the time when he was firft recommended into the " family . " In what part of his life he obtained the recommendation , or how long , and in what manner he lived in the family , I ...
Page 67
... said , and to fhew the futility of thofe arguments by which they have endeavoured to evade it . It is to be hoped the reader has not forgot a paffage that occurs in a preceding page , in which we are told , that the lords of the re- F 2 ...
... said , and to fhew the futility of thofe arguments by which they have endeavoured to evade it . It is to be hoped the reader has not forgot a paffage that occurs in a preceding page , in which we are told , that the lords of the re- F 2 ...
Page 73
... said , that , when he laid down the secretary's office , he intended to take orders , and obtain a bishop- rick ; for , faid he , I always thought him a pricft in his beart . That Pope fhould have thought this conjecture of Tonfon worth ...
... said , that , when he laid down the secretary's office , he intended to take orders , and obtain a bishop- rick ; for , faid he , I always thought him a pricft in his beart . That Pope fhould have thought this conjecture of Tonfon worth ...
Page 127
... said that the precepts are judicious , sometimes new , and often happily expreffed ; but there are , after all the emendations , many weak lines , and some strange appearances of negligence ; as , when he gives the laws of elegy , he ...
... said that the precepts are judicious , sometimes new , and often happily expreffed ; but there are , after all the emendations , many weak lines , and some strange appearances of negligence ; as , when he gives the laws of elegy , he ...
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