Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 59
... considered who should distribute the medicines , 8 and who should settle their prices . The physicians procured some apothecaries to undertake the dispensation , and offered that the warden and company of the apothecaries should adjust ...
... considered who should distribute the medicines , 8 and who should settle their prices . The physicians procured some apothecaries to undertake the dispensation , and offered that the warden and company of the apothecaries should adjust ...
Page 226
... considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit5 ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him by the despicable foppery of desiring to be considered not as an author but a gentleman ; to which the Frenchman replied ...
... considered rather as a man of fashion than of wit5 ; and , when he received a visit from Voltaire , disgusted him by the despicable foppery of desiring to be considered not as an author but a gentleman ; to which the Frenchman replied ...
Page 393
... considered , and therefore naturally raise expectations , he must be allowed amply to compensate his omissions by expatiating , in the conclusion of his work , upon a kind of beneficence not yet celebrated by any eminent poet , though ...
... considered , and therefore naturally raise expectations , he must be allowed amply to compensate his omissions by expatiating , in the conclusion of his work , upon a kind of beneficence not yet celebrated by any eminent poet , though ...
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