Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 39
... Lives of the Norths , 1826 , ii . 179 . The Fellows ' seem to be in a confederacy against men of polite genius , noble thought and diffusive learning , and choose into their assemblies such as have no pretence to wisdom but want of wit ...
... Lives of the Norths , 1826 , ii . 179 . The Fellows ' seem to be in a confederacy against men of polite genius , noble thought and diffusive learning , and choose into their assemblies such as have no pretence to wisdom but want of wit ...
Page 194
... Lives of the Poets , ii . 213 . It can still be had ' at a very trifling price . ' 3 Mr. Elwin , quoting Bolingbroke's letter to Swift of Jan. 1 , 1721-2 ( Swift's Works , xvi . 378 ) , where Lord Harley is accused of having let ' our ...
... Lives of the Poets , ii . 213 . It can still be had ' at a very trifling price . ' 3 Mr. Elwin , quoting Bolingbroke's letter to Swift of Jan. 1 , 1721-2 ( Swift's Works , xvi . 378 ) , where Lord Harley is accused of having let ' our ...
Page 409
... Lives of the Poets , ii . 420 . 2 Ante , SAVAGE , 230. ' Mr. Bate- man's lectures were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme that his shoes were worn out ...
... Lives of the Poets , ii . 420 . 2 Ante , SAVAGE , 230. ' Mr. Bate- man's lectures were so excellent , that Johnson used to come and get them at second - hand from Taylor , till his poverty being so extreme that his shoes were worn out ...
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