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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... whole defign pernicious to their intereft , they endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found fome physicians mean enough to folicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counfels of the College . The ...
... whole defign pernicious to their intereft , they endeavoured to raise a faction against it in the College , and found fome physicians mean enough to folicit their patronage , by betraying to them the counfels of the College . The ...
Page 35
... whole work , which he lived to finish , but not to publifh . It feems to have been printed under the care of Dr. Welwood , who prefixed the author's life , in which is contained the following character : " As to his perfon , it was ...
... whole work , which he lived to finish , but not to publifh . It feems to have been printed under the care of Dr. Welwood , who prefixed the author's life , in which is contained the following character : " As to his perfon , it was ...
Page 41
... whole process of his education . In 1683 , in the beginning of his twelfth year , his father , being made dean of Litchfield , na- turally carried his family to his new refidence , and , I believe , placed him for fome time , probably ...
... whole process of his education . In 1683 , in the beginning of his twelfth year , his father , being made dean of Litchfield , na- turally carried his family to his new refidence , and , I believe , placed him for fome time , probably ...
Page 42
... whole opera- tion , as he faid , was planned and conducted by Ad- difon ... To judge better of the probability of this ftory , I have enquired when he was fent to the Chartreux ; but , as he was not one of thofe who enjoyed the ...
... whole opera- tion , as he faid , was planned and conducted by Ad- difon ... To judge better of the probability of this ftory , I have enquired when he was fent to the Chartreux ; but , as he was not one of thofe who enjoyed the ...
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... whole nation was at that time on fire with faction . The Whigs ap- plauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , as fatire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every 5 * Spence . clap , The story of clap , to fhew that the fatire ...
... whole nation was at that time on fire with faction . The Whigs ap- plauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , as fatire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every 5 * Spence . clap , The story of clap , to fhew that the fatire ...
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Addiſon affiftance afterwards againſt anſwer appeared becauſe Beggar's Opera beſt Cato cenfure character compofitions confidered converfation death deferved defign defired diſcovered earl eaſily Effay elegance endeavoured Engliſh faid fame fatire favour fays fcenes feems feldom fent fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed fupport fure genius himſelf honour houfe houſe intereft juft kindneſs king laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife Lord maſter moft moſt muſt neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon perhaps pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetry Pope praife praiſe prefent profe promife publick publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſed reafon refolution Savage ſeems ſhe ſtate Swift Syphax Tatler tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought Tickell tion tranflated Tyrconnel uſed verfes verſes Whigs whofe whoſe write written wrote