Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 163
... lord Parker to continue him2 . He had now affluence ; but such is human life , that he had it when his declining ... Lord Cowper made Hughes Secre- tary a month after he read the manu- script of The Siege of Damascus , and when Lord ...
... lord Parker to continue him2 . He had now affluence ; but such is human life , that he had it when his declining ... Lord Cowper made Hughes Secre- tary a month after he read the manu- script of The Siege of Damascus , and when Lord ...
Page 279
... Lord Chamberlain 2 ; and he was forced to recompense his repulse by a subscription , which is said to have been so liberally bestowed , that what he called oppression ended in profit1. that any man was ever made a rogue by being present ...
... Lord Chamberlain 2 ; and he was forced to recompense his repulse by a subscription , which is said to have been so liberally bestowed , that what he called oppression ended in profit1. that any man was ever made a rogue by being present ...
Page 291
... Lord Lansdowne's death in 1735 his nephew became possessed of £ 800 a year and £ 20,000 in money ; which was so settled that my Lord Lansdowne could not touch it . ' Swift's Works , xviii . 279 . His name as knight of the shire is not ...
... Lord Lansdowne's death in 1735 his nephew became possessed of £ 800 a year and £ 20,000 in money ; which was so settled that my Lord Lansdowne could not touch it . ' Swift's Works , xviii . 279 . His name as knight of the shire is not ...
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