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Page 185
... no cer- tain support but the pension allowed him by the Queen , which , though it might have kept . an exact economist from want , was very far from being suffi- cient for Mr. Savage , who had never been ac- LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 185.
... no cer- tain support but the pension allowed him by the Queen , which , though it might have kept . an exact economist from want , was very far from being suffi- cient for Mr. Savage , who had never been ac- LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 185.
Page 207
... live upon the profits of his own labour . With regard to his works , he proposed very great improvements , which would have required much time or great application ; and when he had finished them , he designed to do justice to his ...
... live upon the profits of his own labour . With regard to his works , he proposed very great improvements , which would have required much time or great application ; and when he had finished them , he designed to do justice to his ...
Page 372
... live to exhaust . The guineas were then repaid , and the translation neglected . But man is not born for happiness . Collins , who , while he studied to live , felt no evil but poverty , no sooner lived to study than his life was ...
... live to exhaust . The guineas were then repaid , and the translation neglected . But man is not born for happiness . Collins , who , while he studied to live , felt no evil but poverty , no sooner lived to study than his life was ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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