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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... mentioned as a man of benevolence ; and it is juft to fuppofe that his defire of helping the helplefs difpofed him to fo much zeal for the Difpenfary ; an undertaking of which fome account , however fhort , is proper to be given ...
... mentioned as a man of benevolence ; and it is juft to fuppofe that his defire of helping the helplefs difpofed him to fo much zeal for the Difpenfary ; an undertaking of which fome account , however fhort , is proper to be given ...
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... mention with more praife than the paffage quoted in their notes will fully juftify . Garth , speaking of the mifchiefs done by quacks , has thefe expreffions : " Non tamen telis vulnerat ifta agyrtarum coluvies , fed " theriacâ quadam ...
... mention with more praife than the paffage quoted in their notes will fully juftify . Garth , speaking of the mifchiefs done by quacks , has thefe expreffions : " Non tamen telis vulnerat ifta agyrtarum coluvies , fed " theriacâ quadam ...
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... fucceeds all our pleasure . " Pope has left behind him another mention of his companion , lefs advantageous , which is thus reported : by Dr. Warburton < D3 " Rowe , " Rowe , in Mr. Pope's opinion , maintained a R O W E. 37.
... fucceeds all our pleasure . " Pope has left behind him another mention of his companion , lefs advantageous , which is thus reported : by Dr. Warburton < D3 " Rowe , " Rowe , in Mr. Pope's opinion , maintained a R O W E. 37.
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... feared ; and Addison never confi- dered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he con- feffes , under an habitual fubjection to the predominat- ing genius of Addifon , whom he always mentioned with 3 ing 42 ADDISON .
... feared ; and Addison never confi- dered Steele as a rival ; but Steele lived , as he con- feffes , under an habitual fubjection to the predominat- ing genius of Addifon , whom he always mentioned with 3 ing 42 ADDISON .
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Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. ing genius of Addifon , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with ... mention . He had it , as he told us , from lady Plumnrole , whom Steele related it with tears in his eves . The late Dr ...
Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. ing genius of Addifon , whom he always mentioned with reverence , and treated with ... mention . He had it , as he told us , from lady Plumnrole , whom Steele related it with tears in his eves . The late Dr ...
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