Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageG. Olms, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 51
... death putting an end to his expectations abated his diligence : and Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine 3 . That in his latter life he was too much a lover of the bottle is not denied ; but I have ...
... death putting an end to his expectations abated his diligence : and Pope represents him as falling from that time into intemperance of wine 3 . That in his latter life he was too much a lover of the bottle is not denied ; but I have ...
Page 281
... death to Swift was laid by for some days unopened , because when he received it he was imprest with the preconception of some misfortune * . 5 After his death was published a second volume of Fables 25 more political than the former ...
... death to Swift was laid by for some days unopened , because when he received it he was imprest with the preconception of some misfortune * . 5 After his death was published a second volume of Fables 25 more political than the former ...
Page 353
... death , behaved with great firm- ness and equality of mind , and confirmed by his fortitude the esteem of those who before admired him for his abilities 2. The peculiar circumstances of his life were made more generally Death in Newgate ...
... death , behaved with great firm- ness and equality of mind , and confirmed by his fortitude the esteem of those who before admired him for his abilities 2. The peculiar circumstances of his life were made more generally Death in Newgate ...
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