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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... Firft was made earl of Halifax , knight of the garter , and first commiffioner of the treasury , with a grant to his ne- phew of the reversion of the auditorship of the Ex- chequer . More was not to be had , and this he kept but a ...
... Firft was made earl of Halifax , knight of the garter , and first commiffioner of the treasury , with a grant to his ne- phew of the reversion of the auditorship of the Ex- chequer . More was not to be had , and this he kept but a ...
Page 35
... firft fluently , and the other " two tolerably well . 66 " He had likewife read moft of the Greek and Ro- " man hiftories in their original languages , and most " that are wrote in English , French , Italian , and 66 66 Spanish . He had ...
... firft fluently , and the other " two tolerably well . 66 " He had likewife read moft of the Greek and Ro- " man hiftories in their original languages , and most " that are wrote in English , French , Italian , and 66 66 Spanish . He had ...
Page 39
... firft ; but to change the fcene , as is done by Rowe , in the middle of an act , is to add more acts to the play , fince an act is fo much of the bufinefs as is tranfacted with- out interruption . Rowe , by this licence , easily extri ...
... firft ; but to change the fcene , as is done by Rowe , in the middle of an act , is to add more acts to the play , fince an act is fo much of the bufinefs as is tranfacted with- out interruption . Rowe , by this licence , easily extri ...
Page 56
... firft intended , than could be produced when the refolu- tion was taken to exclude party from the paper . Sir Andrew does but little , and that little feems not to have pleafed Addifou , who , when he difmiffed him from the club ...
... firft intended , than could be produced when the refolu- tion was taken to exclude party from the paper . Sir Andrew does but little , and that little feems not to have pleafed Addifou , who , when he difmiffed him from the club ...
Page 66
... 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 know not . His advances at first were certainly timorous , but grew bolder as ...
... 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 know not . His advances at first were certainly timorous , but grew bolder as ...
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