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 19
... 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 enjoyed his preferment little more than a year ...
... 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 enjoyed his preferment little more than a year ...
Page 23
... believe , every man has found in phyficians great liberality , and dig- nity of fentiment , very prompt effufion of beneficence , and willingness to exert a lucrative art , where there is no hope of lucre . Agreeably to this character ...
... believe , every man has found in phyficians great liberality , and dig- nity of fentiment , very prompt effufion of beneficence , and willingness to exert a lucrative art , where there is no hope of lucre . Agreeably to this character ...
Page 33
... believe , those who com- pare it with former copies will find that he has done more than he promised ; and that , without the pomp of notes or boafts of criticism , many paffages are happily restored . He prefixed a life of the author ...
... believe , those who com- pare it with former copies will find that he has done more than he promised ; and that , without the pomp of notes or boafts of criticism , many paffages are happily restored . He prefixed a life of the author ...
Page 41
... believe , placed him for fome time , probably not long , under Mr. Shaw , then master of the school at Litch- field , father of the late Dr. Peter Shaw . Of this in- terval terval his biographers have given no account , and I [ 41 ] ...
... believe , placed him for fome time , probably not long , under Mr. Shaw , then master of the school at Litch- field , father of the late Dr. Peter Shaw . Of this in- terval terval his biographers have given no account , and I [ 41 ] ...
Page 48
... believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) , fpread triumph and con- fidence over the nation ; and lord Godolphin , lamenting to lord Halifax , that it had not ...
... believe that little time was lost . But he remained not long neglected or useless . The victory at Blenheim ( 1704 ) , fpread triumph and con- fidence over the nation ; and lord Godolphin , lamenting to lord Halifax , that it had not ...
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