Lives of the English Poets: Smith-SavageOctagon Books, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 213
... received 2 . Wherever Congreve was born he was educated first at Kilkenny 3 , 4 and afterwards at Dublin 4 , his father having some military employ- ment that stationed him in Ireland 5 : but after having passed through the usual ...
... received 2 . Wherever Congreve was born he was educated first at Kilkenny 3 , 4 and afterwards at Dublin 4 , his father having some military employ- ment that stationed him in Ireland 5 : but after having passed through the usual ...
Page 408
... received his pension at the usual time . It is said that he did not take those methods of retrieving his interest which were most likely to succeed , and some of those who were employed in the Exchequer cautioned him against too much ...
... received his pension at the usual time . It is said that he did not take those methods of retrieving his interest which were most likely to succeed , and some of those who were employed in the Exchequer cautioned him against too much ...
Page 435
... received from himself an account of most of the transactions which he proposes to mention , to the time of his retirement to Swansea in Wales . ' From that period , to his death in the prison of Bristol , the account will be continued ...
... received from himself an account of most of the transactions which he proposes to mention , to the time of his retirement to Swansea in Wales . ' From that period , to his death in the prison of Bristol , the account will be continued ...
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