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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... of Nature , cannot please long . One excel- lence of the Splendid Shilling is , that it is fhort . Dif- guife can gratify no longer than it deceives . R 2 SAVAGE . SAVAGE . I T has been obferved in all ages SOMERVIL E. 243.
... of Nature , cannot please long . One excel- lence of the Splendid Shilling is , that it is fhort . Dif- guife can gratify no longer than it deceives . R 2 SAVAGE . SAVAGE . I T has been obferved in all ages SOMERVIL E. 243.
Page 244
... , advantages extrinfic and adventitious , and therefore eafily separable from those by whom they are poffeffed , fhould very often flatter the the mind with expectations of felicity which they cannot give { 244 ] SAVAGE,
... , advantages extrinfic and adventitious , and therefore eafily separable from those by whom they are poffeffed , fhould very often flatter the the mind with expectations of felicity which they cannot give { 244 ] SAVAGE,
Page 245
... Savage , a man whose writings en- title him to an eminent rank in the claffes of learning , and whofe misfortunes claim a degree of compaffion , not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the con- fequences of the crimes of ...
... Savage , a man whose writings en- title him to an eminent rank in the claffes of learning , and whofe misfortunes claim a degree of compaffion , not always due to the unhappy , as they were often the con- fequences of the crimes of ...
Page 246
... not a divorce first obtained in the Spi- ritual Court ; which we look upon as an ill precedent , and may be of dangerous confequence in the future , HALIFAX . ROCHESTER . of J of shame or of poverty , by which fome 246 SAVAGE .
... not a divorce first obtained in the Spi- ritual Court ; which we look upon as an ill precedent , and may be of dangerous confequence in the future , HALIFAX . ROCHESTER . of J of shame or of poverty , by which fome 246 SAVAGE .
Page 247
... could not indeed infect others with the fame cruelty . As it was impoffible to avoid the in- quiries which the curiofity or tenderness of her rela- R 4 tions tions made after her child , fhe was obliged to SAVAGE . A G E. 247.
... could not indeed infect others with the fame cruelty . As it was impoffible to avoid the in- quiries which the curiofity or tenderness of her rela- R 4 tions tions made after her child , fhe was obliged to SAVAGE . A G E. 247.
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