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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... Such notice from fuch a man , inclines me to believe that the vice of which he has been accused was not grofs , or not notorious . But his profperity did not last löng . His end , whatever was its caufe , was now approaching . He ...
... Such notice from fuch a man , inclines me to believe that the vice of which he has been accused was not grofs , or not notorious . But his profperity did not last löng . His end , whatever was its caufe , was now approaching . He ...
Page 34
... Such an accumulation of employments undoubtedly produced a very confiderable revenue . Having already tranflated fome parts of Lucan's Pharfalia , which had been published in the Mifcella- * Spence . nies , and doubtlefs received many ...
... Such an accumulation of employments undoubtedly produced a very confiderable revenue . Having already tranflated fome parts of Lucan's Pharfalia , which had been published in the Mifcella- * Spence . nies , and doubtlefs received many ...
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... Such at least is the relation of Tickell . Perhaps he only collected his materials , and formed his plan . 1 Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the letter to lord Halifax , which is juftly confidered as the ...
... Such at least is the relation of Tickell . Perhaps he only collected his materials , and formed his plan . 1 Whatever were his other employments in Italy , he there wrote the letter to lord Halifax , which is juftly confidered as the ...
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... Such an undertaking fhewed the writers not to diftruft their own copioufnefs of mate- rials or facility of compofition , and their performance juftified their confidence . They found , however , in their progrefs , many auxiliaries . To ...
... Such an undertaking fhewed the writers not to diftruft their own copioufnefs of mate- rials or facility of compofition , and their performance juftified their confidence . They found , however , in their progrefs , many auxiliaries . To ...
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... Such an authority it is hard to reject ; yet the love is fo in- timately mingled with the whole action , that it cannot easily be thought extrinsick and adventitious ; for if it were taken away , what would be left ? or how were the ...
... Such an authority it is hard to reject ; yet the love is fo in- timately mingled with the whole action , that it cannot easily be thought extrinsick and adventitious ; for if it were taken away , what would be left ? or how were the ...
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