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A letter was written for him to Sir William Leman , to prevail upon him to interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in which he solicited Sir William's assistance “ for a man who really needed it as much as any man could well do ...
A letter was written for him to Sir William Leman , to prevail upon him to interpose his good offices with Lord Tyrconnel , in which he solicited Sir William's assistance “ for a man who really needed it as much as any man could well do ...
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instead of copying it , wrote his friend a letter full of masculine resentment and warm expostulations . He very justly observed , that the style was too supplicatory , and the representation too abject , and that he ought at least to ...
instead of copying it , wrote his friend a letter full of masculine resentment and warm expostulations . He very justly observed , that the style was too supplicatory , and the representation too abject , and that he ought at least to ...
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immense expense , ” as he observes in his letter , he was at length removed to Newgate . This expense he was enabled to support by the generosity of Mr. Nash , at Bath , who , upon receiving from him an account of his condition ...
immense expense , ” as he observes in his letter , he was at length removed to Newgate . This expense he was enabled to support by the generosity of Mr. Nash , at Bath , who , upon receiving from him an account of his condition ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 A Gateway Edition Volume 83 of The World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Gateway Editions, 1955 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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